| Date | Wed, 6 Mar 1996 02:11:32 -0500 | From | Richard Stallman <> | Subject | Re: Linux isn't an operating system |
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I would expect that most of the people who speak of "the Linux operating system" think of this as just a minor lack of precision.
But aside from being unfair (which by itself would not be worth fussing about), it also tends to split the community and thus discourage communication and cooperation. When the people who use what is essentially the GNU system think of themselves as "Linux users", and not as "GNU users", often they don't see a reason cooperate with the people who maintain the GNU software. This leads to version-skew and unnecessary incompatibility.
One way to help unify the community, and gently encourage more cooperation, is to use the term "Linux-based GNU system" to describe these systems more accurately.
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