On 2 July 2012 13:36, kenneth gonsalves <[email protected]> wrote: > But the word is missing in the sites of two 'popular' > distros - android and ubuntu. If you ask most Linux users what OS they > use, they will say 'Linux' (or GNU/Linux). But if you ask people using > distros like Ubuntu or android, they will say 'Ubuntu' or 'android'.
Ubuntu did use the term "linux" once for its famous slogan " Linux for Human beings" when it was introducing its distribution based at PCs . But once they reached a fair share of market and when the CD distribution was at a peak stage they shifted and dropped the name linux all together . Coming to Android , they are a modified linux kernel ( so are also others) with binary blobs which somehow doesn't bring it close to FOSS eco system and hence many didn't mind the missing term . I guess its upto google to give attribution where its due and stop being "evil" which was and I guess is still its motto . Regards, Pavithran -- pavithran sakamuri http://look-pavi.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
