On 2004-04-02 at 06:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > True.. But: > > 1) Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, KDE etc... Don't only run on 'Linux' but > also on BSD. Also, Mozilla and OpenOffice.org run on Windows, Mac OSX > etc...
So does GNU for that matter. You can run Emacs on any OS. You can even run gcc on Windows (GNU/Windows anyone?) :) > > 2) The programs you mentioned are not an essential part of the OS - > Windows is not called WindowsOffice just because everyone uses > Microsoft Office. It's not the same though - MSOffice is not distributed as part of MSWindows. KDE, XFree86 and so on are distributed as an integral part of most Linux distros. On the other hand WordPad and PaintBrush are a part of Windows - even though they're not essential. Besides, most GNU software is not essential either. You can use Linux without emacs, without the gcc or gdb, etc. Probably it's quite possible to set up a running Linux system which does not include any GNU software. Maybe the ideal solution, back in the early days, would have been to pick a totally different name for the operating system made up of a Linux kernel, GNU system software, XFree86, KDE etc. Too late now though. -- Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Malta Linux User Group
