On Friday 23 December 2011 18:58:46 Mike Austin wrote: > Fortunately the several members of this LUG who have already joined > understand my intent.
I'm sure that everyone did. Pedantry is just that, but most pedants know perfectly well what other people actually mean. And it is sometimes possible - and very gratifying - to turn the tables on a pedant. But you probably need to be a pedant yourself to do that successfully!! For better or for worse, people use "Linux" to mean a whole distribution. One cannot hold back the tide of linguistic shift. One may, if one wishes, deride it - but one cannot hold it back. Oh - and there are also Linux Questions, Linux Magazine, Linux User Groups etc. You are in good company. Lisi -- Please post to: [email protected] Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
