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Re: GNU/Linux Naming
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Rui Miguel Silva Seabra |
Subject: |
Re: GNU/Linux Naming |
Date: |
Thu, 6 Dec 2007 21:57:26 +0000 |
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 08:17:31PM -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
> "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> writes:
> > I do not see the reason why "GNU/Linux" should be preferred over just
> > "Linux" to refer to the system.
> > [...]
> > What's the reason, anyway?
> >
> > The reason is that Linux is not a operating system, it is the kernel
> > of one. The operating system is called GNU.
>
> Is there a widely agreed-upon meaning of the phrase "operating
> system"? Is the kernel considered part of the operating system? If I
> install a bunch of GNU software on a Solaris system, but I install it
> in my home directory, is that GNU software part of the operating
> system?
If you are from a school where the kernel is the operating system, then
stop being an hypocrit and don't call that other operating system
"windows" but instead NT.
Rui
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- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, (continued)
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/12/05
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- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, John Hasler, 2007/12/06
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Noah Slater, 2007/12/06
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, John Hasler, 2007/12/06
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Noah Slater, 2007/12/06
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, John Hasler, 2007/12/06
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming,
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <=
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- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Keith Thompson, 2007/12/06
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/12/07
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- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Keith Thompson, 2007/12/08
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Koh Choon Lin, 2007/12/08
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/12/08
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- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Keith Thompson, 2007/12/08
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/12/08
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Keith Thompson, 2007/12/09
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, David Kastrup, 2007/12/09
- Re: GNU/Linux Naming, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/12/09