Yep, That pretty much nails it!
Keith On 25 Aug 2008, at 12:55, Anton Xuereb wrote:
tbh, i think we should stick to calling it linux....the gnu guys are just sore about hurd never taking off and want a piece of the action...so everytime someone calls it linux they throw a tantrum about it being calling GNU/LINUX just to have their name in itOn Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nah. I don't agree - for two reasons. First and most importantly, because it annoys Richard Stallman.Second: What about X11? To many people it's as much a part of the operating system as the find utility by GNU. What about KDE? With Linux, the line between operating system and applications is more blurred than with Windows since in Windows you have to pay extra for everything, whereas in Linux you get everything packaged on the same CD. So you're running GNU/Linux/Xorg/Qt/KDE/OpenOffice.org/Mozilla/ Ximian/etc.... or just Linux :)Ramon Casha 2008/8/25 Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
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