On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Antonio Olivares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 1. Ubuntu - "Linux-based operating system" >> 2. openSUSE - "Linux distribution" >> 3. Fedora - "Linux-based operating system" >> 4. Mint - "GNU/Linux desktop distribution" >> 5. PCLinuxOS - "Linux-based operating system" >> 6. Mandriva - "Linux operating system" >> 7. Debian - "GNU/Linux" >> 8. Dreamlinux - "modular GNU/Linux system" >> >> I tried to spot a reference to how each distribution >> described the >> operating system directly where possible - otherwise I went >> with the >> description of the distribution as a whole. >> >> The distributions seem at least as divided as the people >> discussing this here. >> >> John >> >> -- > > Taking this subset of Distributions, 3 out of 8 > 3/8 or 0.375 , 37.5% use GNU/Linux the rest call it Linux > 62.5%, 5/8, 0.625 say it is plainly Linux.
One could also observe that only 1 of the 8 directly calls the operating system Linux (although I suspect openSUSE would as well even though I didn't see it). Three of the five you group together refer to it as a "Linux-based operating system" which is I think meaningfully different than "plainly" Linux. > Going back to Distrowatch, taking all the Distros listed, the active one, the > nonactive ones, and the ones that one to come in, make the same experiment, > it would be amazing to find out (maye be the top 100%) how many name their > distros GNU/Linux. This would be interesting but I'm not going to volunteer to do it. :) > Only there has to be several catches here, > The distros that are based on Debian will be GNU/Linux despite another name, > why because Debian uses it. Ubuntu is a counterexample that jumps out on this point. John -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
