Harry_Houdini to [email protected] • edit-22 years agoWhich is better: Linux or GNU/Linuxlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1395
arrow-up1395imageWhich is better: Linux or GNU/Linuxlemmy.dbzer0.comHarry_Houdini to [email protected] • edit-22 years agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoThere’s quite a few Linux distributions or whatever you want to call it that aren’t associated with GNU or are not based on GNU software
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoSo calling those which are just as open but not associated with GNU GNU/Linux is disingenuous, despite the influence of the GNU organization
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoThe person I replied to specifically said Therefore, in technical discussions, I use the word “Linux” to refer to the OS, as “this software is compatible with Linux”. But, when I want to stress out software freedom, given a large influence of the GNU project, I say “GNU/Linux”. So they use GNU/Linux to refer to any open system
There’s quite a few Linux distributions or whatever you want to call it that aren’t associated with GNU or are not based on GNU software
Yes, there are.
So calling those which are just as open but not associated with GNU GNU/Linux is disingenuous, despite the influence of the GNU organization
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The person I replied to specifically said
So they use GNU/Linux to refer to any open system
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