On November 19, 2007 02:06 pm Dennis Peterson wrote: > Derick Centeno wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Which is why my primary system is not OS X, but rather Yellow Dog > > Linux (YDL)! > > This highlights the big gripe I have with Linux. You can't even talk > about it without immediately indicating which vendor's Linux.
There's not much difference between that and specifying which version of Windows you are talking about, or which version of MacOS X. Replace "Linux" with "Windows" and "vendor" with "version" to see what I mean. The problem is not that "Linux" is fragmented. The problem is that people equate "Debian Linux", "RedHat Linux", "Fedora Linux", "SuSE Linux" with the word Linux. It's the general population that has co-opted the word Linux to mean more than what it should. It's like people saying "Windows" when they actually mean "Windows Vista" or "Windows XP" or "Windows 2000" or "Windows 98", etc. Replace Windows with MacOS X and the issue is the same. Don't blame the OS for people who can't use the correct term. :) We just need to start beating people with clue bats that there is no such beast as "Linux" the OS. -- Freddie Cash, LPIC-2 CCNT CCLP Network Support Technician School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
