actually in year of the desktop time On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Philip Serracino Inglott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I call it "ubuntu". > or simply say "I don't have windows on my pc" and when people ask > "what? how?" I just smirk sardonically, and walk around pretending to > be a penguin. > > Jum l-Ghasfura (heppi bird-day) it-tajjeb lil-Linux! But shouldn't we > be counting its age in jiffies? > > philip > > 2008/8/25 Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Lol :P > > > > Keith Vassallo wrote: > >> 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 it > >>> > >>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> <mailto:[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] > >>> <mailto:[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]> > >>> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> / > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > *Happy Birthday Linux!!!* > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > Ramon Casha > >>> > > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > MLUG-list mailing list > >>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >>> > > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> MLUG-list mailing list > >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> MLUG-list mailing list > >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> MLUG-list mailing list > >>> [email protected] <mailto:[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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