Hey, On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Bastien Nocera <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 09:21 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote: > <snip> >> >> Speaking as Stormy and not as ED, I think this is a losing battle. I >> agree we need to continue to educate people but I don't think >> GNU/Linux is going to be the way it happens. Millions of people now >> say Linux and GNU/Linux is harder to say, uglier sounding (hard G's >> are not easy), implies that we feel left out, etc. I really don't >> think it's going to be something that catches on no matter how many of >> us push it. > > I'll add that people writing KDE or GNOME don't push for a > GNOME/GNU/Linux, or even GNOME/X.org/GNU/Linux. Just mentioning > GNU/Linux is disingenious. >> >> Names often do not include all the components. I drive a Pontiac car >> that includes many other parts. We drink "coke" that includes many >> other brands. I use "kleenex" that is often not kleenex at all. >> >> >> We need to work on other campaigns to spread the word about the value >> of free software.
Richard is right, of course, that Linux is just a kernel and not an operating system. It would be very difficult to imagine how Meego, Litl, Android, WebOS, etc are the same operating system. On the other hand, GNU+Linux isn't really an operating system either - or at least not for most people. But GNOME can be if we want it. Jon _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
