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Did you know that Linus actually wanted to name the project 'Freax' ? It was actually another guy (Ari Lemke) who came with the mockup of 'Linux' which was than widely accepted by the community. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIsnkpybKxObfS7WERAiAXAKDHs9Lju6MQf91bO8XvRBITXn60NgCfZmHB Phqdbvv4v+QQ/k3dYb/vF4o= =AgfT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Anton Xuereb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HAPPY BIRTHDAY OH GREATEST OS TO GRACE THE PLAINS OF COMPUTING! > > > > > :P > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> I was being a troll :P >> Keith Vassallo wrote: >> > Oh god, not this again. >> > >> > This is the anniversary of Linux - the announcement of the kernel >> > project, and has nothing to do with GNU. GNU was announced on >> > September 27th, 1983. So this is unrelated. >> > >> > Furthermore, note how Linus says he has ported bash and gcc from >> > Minix, which in turn were ported from GNU. So shouldn't this be >> > GNU/MINIX/Linux? >> > >> > So, with that reasoning, shouldn't I be using >> > GNU/MINIX/Linux/SuSE/OpenSuse/11? >> > >> > I hardly think the over complication of names is going to help promote >> > Linux in any way. Just see the recent article released by the >> > government which talks about the GRIMP. >> > >> > Keith >> > >> > On 25 Aug 2008, at 10:06, Jean Azzopardi wrote: >> > >> >> One mistake : GNU/Linux. >> >> Ramon Casha wrote: >> >>> On the 25th August 1991 the following message appeared on the >> >>> newsgroup /comp.os.minix/: >> >>> >> >>> /Hello everybody out there using minix- / >> >>> >> >>> /I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big >> >>> and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has >> >>> been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like >> >>> any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix; as my OS >> >>> resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-sytem >> >>> due to practical reasons)among other things. / >> >>> >> >>> /I've currently ported bash (1.08) an gcc (1.40), and things seem to >> >>> work. >> >>> This implies that i'll get something practical within a few months, >> >>> and I'd >> >>> like to know what features most people want. Any suggestions are >> >>> welcome, >> >>> but I won't promise I'll implement them :-) / >> >>> >> >>> /Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> *Happy Birthday Linux!!!* >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Ramon Casha >> >>> >> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> MLUG-list mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> MLUG-list mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > MLUG-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > -- ✉ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ☛ Page: www.madvip.net ▯ Mobile: +356 99215034 ☎ Fixed: +356 27215034 _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
