Re: F35 Change: "Fedora Linux" in /etc/os-release

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> Fedora is. Linux isn't. Linux is just an OS kernel

Linux (/ˈlinʊks/ (listen) LEEN-uuks or /ˈlɪnʊks/ LIN-uuks[9]) is a
family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux
kernel.

ср, 10 мар. 2021 г. в 01:35, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel
<devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On 09.03.2021 16:43, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > Fedora Linux is an OS.
>
> Fedora is. Linux isn't. Linux is just an OS kernel. It cannot be used
> without helpers like GNU libraries and utilities.
>
> > We are not part of GNU, and in fact listed by them as specifically not
> > endorsed because we have policy disagreements.
>
> But we are still using GCC, GNU coreutils, glibc, libstdc++, etc. That's
> why we cannot name an OS without the GNU prefix.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>    Vitaly Zaitsev (vitaly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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