> Its my ignorance, but in laymans' term the 'Linux Operating System' is > what > the majority of the people know it by. So I believe its a good brand name > to start with the marketing, rather than GNU. (which Malayalees especially > would find it hard to pronounce... on the lighter side :-)
As I said before, You can use GNU/Linux also (if you are using Linux as the Kernel). People are aware of it. But if you do it the other way, then you are doing/spreading a wrong thing by knowing, right? > To my understanding, RedHat, Suse, Ubuntu, etc are > all flavours of Linux? Please correct me if I'm wrong. No, they are the names of the Free Software Distributions or GNU Distributions. You could listen to this http://www.joscollin.org/archive/Free-Software-Speeches/stephen-fry/sf-large.ogv > Is there a more comprehensive site maintained by ilug-cochin? The only website of ILUG-Cochin is www.ilug-cochin.org. Also you can visit the "Links" section in www.ilug-cochin.org > I have been hearing the same defences about GNU and Free software since > college times, but i am yet to see a mass movement to spread the practical > use (not just knowledge) of Linux / GNU OS, which, for all business > considerations, above all other 'Freedom' definitions, is Free! You can come to the ILUG-Cochin meeting on 26-2-2012, to know more about the movement. http://www.ilug-cochin.org/activities/ilug_cochin_map/ _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
