Once you're familiar with some of the most basic applications (including
the compilers) you'll be asking others to use the term "GNU/Linux"
yourself. But then "Linux" should imply "GNU/Linux" by now to any
Hurd/Linux user to whom the concept of 'freedom' matters.
On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Diwakar R wrote:
> hi! i'm new to the list and also new to Linux/ GNU/Linux. i have a question for you:
>two days back i visited gnu.org and found a list of non-english equivalents to the
>phrase "free software". when i sent a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to request to add the tamil
>equivalent to the phrase, i got a passionate reply. Mr. Richard Stallman's assistant,
>whose name esc.s me, told me that i shouldn't use the phrase Linux as an operating
>system and that Linux is just a kernel. he said GNU/Linux is the OS and that the hard
>work of the GNU people has gone uncredited and the myth that Linux is an OS keeps
>spreading. i apologized and started using the term GNU/Linux. later, Mr. Richard
>Stallman also suggested an alternative phrase for "free software", picking from my
>own options for the phrase. though i'd corrected myself, i forgot to correct my .sig
>which reads "Linux: It's now safe to turn on your computer". Mr. Stallman's assistant
>pointed it out and suggested that i correct it into "GNU/Linux (...)". now what do
>you guys think?
>
> - Diwakar
>
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