Interesting.. Thanks for that.

Carl Cerecke wrote:

Related to the discussions around GNU and Linux of late:

You don't need any GNU software to run linux:

perllinux.sourceforge.net

Cheers,
Carl.

We appear to have touched a nerve.

Last week, when I simply asked anyone else was positive about GNU to please speak up (though not about changing CLUG's name), I truly had no idea what a can of worms was being opened. This is a necessary part of the "Linux" learning curve..

When a gory mess is unfurling before one's eyes, one has to make a choice:
recoil in horror, or don surgical gloves.

On the 60th anniversary of Monte Casino, I need not explain which is the Kiwi way.

As a means of progressing this issue towards useful closure, please go to a terminal console.
Issue these commands:


$ uname -s (--kernel-name) &
$ uname -o (--operating-system)

Let's treat this as a survey - please post results back to the list.

I can tell you for starters, that Fedora & RedHat return the same:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] rik $ uname -s
Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rik $ uname -o
GNU/Linux

hth

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GNU/Linux Users - charting the course - prototype6: Fedora/SuSE/Mandrake-Gentoo/LFS-Perl/Linux-Debian/BSD-GNU/Hurd





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