Simon Budig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We should change it - to Unix.
registered trademark :-(
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On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Kelly Martin wrote:
The G in GIMP stood, once upon a time, for General. It was changed to
GNU at Richard Stallman's insistence (but with the consent of SP, so it's
not like it was completely hijacked). See the SP interview at
http://www.xach.com/gg/1997/1/profile/1/.
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Tomas Ogren wrote:
On 06 April, 2002 - Simon Budig sent me these 0,7K bytes:
Branko Collin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Should we change these instances to GNU/Linux?
We should change it - to Unix.
I guess that at most places Linux is simply wrong, because there
Hi,
Kelly Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The G in GIMP stood, once upon a time, for General. It was changed to
GNU at Richard Stallman's insistence (but with the consent of SP, so it's
not like it was completely hijacked). See the SP interview at
Hi,
Branko Collin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What is our stand on using the name Linux or the name GNU/Linux.
I don't have any strong feelings about this, but the FSF has supported
us gently in the past, so we should probably use GNU/Linux.
Salut, Sven
On 6 Apr 2002, at 13:00, Tomas Ogren wrote:
On 06 April, 2002 - Simon Budig sent me these 0,7K bytes:
Branko Collin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Should we change these instances to GNU/Linux?
We should change it - to Unix.
I guess that at most places Linux is simply wrong, because
quote who=Branko Collin [EMAIL PROTECTED] when=Fri, 5 Apr 2002 00:46:24 +0200
For those who do not know: the OS Linux was built by Linux Torvalds
in 1991.
Don't mean to be rude but its Linus Torvalds, not Linux Torvalds. :-)
In Ebonics I think that would be the T man.
The OS Linux is just
efforts to push his brand name on
people was successful. How long before we have GNUburgers and GNUfries with
our GNUlunch?
Kelly
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From: Marlon Sandford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] GNU/Linux vs
On 5 Apr 2002, at 5:21, Marlon Sandford wrote:
quote who=Branko Collin [EMAIL PROTECTED] when=Fri, 5 Apr 2002
00:46:24 +0200
For those who do not know: the OS Linux was built by Linux Torvalds
in 1991.
Don't mean to be rude but its Linus Torvalds, not Linux Torvalds. :-)
I knew that.
Roger Leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
so should we speak of gnu-bsd-mpl-qpl-artistic/linux ?
or, as gpl softwares number is greater than gnu/fsf ones, should
we speak of gpl/linux ?
A distribution is much more than an operation system. If you just
look at the core components that make
That depends a whole lot on what is in a bare bones system, does it not?
I feel confident that I can build an entire bare bones system without
having any programs in this system being from GNU packages.
The GNU percentage depends highly on what the distribution provider puts
into it.
Since
Actually, his name is Linus Torvalds =) He got the X because of the X at
the end of Unix. First he was planning to call it FreaX or something, as
in FreeX and Freaks =)
Just a bit of information, so that his name wouldn't be mistaken for his
OS =)
Have a nice day
-Nas
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