On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 12:12:42AM -0800, Keith Thompson wrote: > Your use of the phrase "the system" seems to imply that only one > system is being discussed. Are you assuming that a system containing > the Linux kernel (often referred to as GNU/Linux) and a similar system > containing the Hurd kernel are the same system, which should be > referred to as GNU? Are you arguing that the name "GNU/Linux" is > incorrect, and that the system to which that name is commonly applied > should instead be called "GNU"?
Well, GNU is an operating system and Linux is one of it's kernels. It is perfectly correct to just call it GNU. -- Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/> "Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
