that old GNU/Linux argument

Alexandre Oliva aoliva at redhat.com
Tue Jul 22 16:59:00 UTC 2008


On Jul 22, 2008, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> I've little sympathy for users being harassed into calling Linux
> something else,

Me too.  Likewise GNU.  It works both ways.

Linux = kernel (says Linus)

GNU = operating system (says RMS)

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