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Re: gnu vs. xemacs


From: Ralf Angeli
Subject: Re: gnu vs. xemacs
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:32:52 +0100

* Hadron Quark (2006-12-29) writes:

> Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> In every emacs-* mailing lists, it has been extremely consistent to
>> use Linux and GNU/Linux i.e. Linux means the kernel and GNU/Linux is
>> the operating system that contains a Linux kernel.
>>
>> Making effort to preserve this consistence should be appreciated.
>
> This is simply not true.
>
> In nearly all but the kernel groups, "Linux" is known or accepted as 
> Gnu/Linux.

Leo talked specifically about "emacs-* mailing lists" and those are
typically GNU lists.  And on such lists "Linux" is often _not_
accepted as "GNU/Linux".

-- 
Ralf


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