On 09/10/02 11:08 +0530, MDK wrote: <snip> (Moving to LIG) Without belittling the contribution of the GNU project: > No Raju, we have to educate the people why we should call the OS > GNU/Linux. I think LIH is the right place since many people on LIH may > not read LIG. I request all members to read > http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html Linux was never meant to be the kernel of the GNU OS. It wass merely a hobby project aimed at learning 386 assembler. That people took it and made usable stuff from a variety of other software is creditable, but does not support calling it GNU/Linux. If you wish to call it that way, fine by me. But advocacy is for LIG, not LIH.
<troll> Given that the BSDs use a lot of GNU code as well, should we call them GNU/BSD? </troll> Most Linux distributions are patchworks, unlike *BSD/Other *nix, which are not patchworks. > At least we don't receive mails like "I have installed Linux 8.0 on my > box" No, you get "I've installed GNU/Linux 8.0 on my box". The only reason the distribution name is relevant is that it tells us about the tools available for administration. All other help is product specific and distro agnostic. Oh, and LIG is the correct place for this topic. See the list charters. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
