On Tue, 21 May 2002, Eliran wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 07:10:04PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > On Tue, May 21, 2002, Eliran wrote about "GNU/Linux only, !linux ?": > > > Check it here: http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0520.rms.html > > > Do you think it is right to behave like that ? What do you think about the >approach ? > > > > > > Should IGLU be changed too ? > > > > IGLU, our group of Israeli Gnu/Linux Users? > > Why should we change the name? :) > > ?! on iglu.org.il : The Israeli Group of Linux Users > so s/Gnu/Group/ > > Am I wrong ?
When choosing a new name for the group (after ILUG turned out to be problemtic) the name IGLU was chosen. Its meaning, however, remained ambigious. Either you call it Israeli Group of Linux Users or you call it Israeli Gnu/Linux users. If andwhen RMS comes to give a lecture,we'll usethe second name, I guess. The group did not want to take side in this argument ;-) > > > > > [to those who don't understand the joke, Richard Stallman from GNU has been > > Joke for him ? I think he took it seriously... > Joke for us ? maby. > > > complaining for years on the fact that people call the system they use "Linux" > > while in fact the Linux kernel is a small part of it, and GNU tools like gcc, > > glibc, fileutils, and so on are a big part, so RMS asks this system to be > > refered to as GNU/Linux instead. Today we hear of another round of his > > complaints, when he refused giving a speach in front of some Linux user > > group because that group wasn't called a "GNU/Linux" group] > > "Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the kernel Linux, are now widely >used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux'', they are more >accurately called GNU/Linux systems." > - http://www.gnu.org > > > BTW nadav, how do you put the hebrew date on your message? > and I can't send you private mail. hdate . Another package that can be found on ivrix. Nadav is the current maitainer. Combine this with some signature magic. See also Nadav's "Hebrew-Date:" header (mailer is mutt) -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
