Toby Smithe wrote: > On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 09:30 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote: >> Every time I get sucked into this debate, I reflect back that John Q. >> Public/Joe Sixpack calls it Linux. You may not like it, and probably >> don't, but that's not going to change the general public's mind as to >> it's proper name. >> >> "...but we should educate the public to the error of their ways...." and >> perhaps we should, but remember that it is a difficult job to teach a >> pig to sing, and it annoys the pig. > > Oh yes, and I also just call it Linux. Or Ubuntu. > So do I, but some people at the local LUG have taken exception to it. Even worse, I once commented to the effect that Ubuntu was the same/similar to Debian. I got my head handed to me on a platter for that one, but oddly enough Ian Murdock thinks that Ubuntu-Debian are the same. "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" Ian Murdock, Linux Format, LXF92 May 2007.
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