that old GNU/Linux argument
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Tue Jul 22 20:50:46 UTC 2008
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jul 22, 2008, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> the gnu utilities in linux distros could easily be replaced with
>> counterparts from the *bsd's, opensolaris, or any commercial unix
>> version. And the Linux kernel could be swapped with a bsd,
>> opensolaris, or commercial unix in a distro running GNU utilities.
>
> That all this could be done and yield something else doesn't change
> what the combination GNU+Linux is.
No, but it does point out that Linux does not particularly depend on GNU
or vice versa.
> Removing the GNU bits until it is
> no longer the largest single part of the whole operating system would
> just give legitimacy to naming the whole after some other part.
I suspect the X-related bits outweigh the GNUish parts considerably.
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Les Mikesell
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