Messages in this thread | | | From | Neil Brown <> | Date | Wed, 4 Oct 2006 07:41:22 +1000 | Subject | Re: It's not GNU/Linux - it's jusy LINUX |
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On Tuesday October 3, marc@perkel.com wrote: > Ivan Dimitrov wrote: > > If you want to kill linux then fork it.And remember that many people use > > GNU/Linux because of the ideology and the idea of freedom, not because > > of the "Security" that DRM will provide them... This guy Linus is just > > an ambitious and selfish bastard... > > > > Ivan - It's not GNU/Linux - it's just LINUX. Time to get the name right. > RMS doesn't get to rename Linux. Linux isn't going to go away just > because they fork the license.
"Linux" is an operating system kernel. By itself it is pretty useless. A thing which is Linux plus lots of libraries and utilities and maybe a windowing system and a "desktop" is a lot more than "Linux".
It might be Redhat Linux, it might be SuSE Linux. It might be GNU/Linux. It might be Debian GNU/Linux. It might be KLX (referring to KDE, Linux and The X11 Windowing System I think). It might be Ubuntu. But isn't just "Linux".
It was never my understanding that RMS tried to rename the Linux Kernel as GNU/Linux. Rather he wanted to name the complete system comprising Linux and some GNU software and X and anything else that was free as "GNU/Linux". I suspect he has more right than many to suggest a name for the system seeing how much philosophy and technology he has contributed.
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