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Date6 Mar 1996 13:47:11 GMT
From nelson@crynwr ...
SubjectLinux isn't an operating system
Richard Stallman writes:

 > There are a number of whole operating systems using the Linux kernel,
 > Most of them are more or less close variants of the GNU system, so I
 > recommend the term "Linux-based GNU system" for them.

Which we can call just plain ``Linux'' for short.

Richard, you can't make ``hacker'' respectable again, and you can't
change the name of Linux.  I think everyone understands and
appreciates your frustration, but you may as well try to rename Unix.

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com>    http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
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