"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Alfred, quoted above, said that "The operating system is > > called GNU". That seemed to imply that the kernel is not part > > of the operating system (since the Linux kernel is not part of > > GNU). I was seeking clarification on that point. > > > > But the Hurd is part of the GNU operating system, which is the > > GNU kernel. One should also recall that not all operating > > systems have a named kernel, for example the BSD's. > > What you wrote was: > > | The reason is that Linux is not a operating system, it is the > | kernel of one. The operating system is called GNU. > > I thought the operating system being discussed was the one referred > to by many people here as "GNU/Linux". Are you saying that that > specific operating system, which includes the Linux kernel, should > be called just "GNU"? Or were you instead referring to an OS that > uses the Hurd kernel? > > One can call GNU/Linux for GNU if one wants to, much like one calls > OpenBSD for simply BSD. Often when I am a bit lazy and someone asks > me what operating system I use I just say GNU, or a variant of GNU.
So if you want to be a bit lazy, it's acceptable to refer to GNU/Linux as "GNU", but not acceptable to refer to GNU/Linux as "Linux?" -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst> Looking for software development work in the San Diego area. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister" _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
