On Tuesday 18 April 2006 02:16, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Monday 17 April 2006 19:49, Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Monday 17 April 2006 20:40, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Monday 17 April 2006 14:22, Kai Ponte wrote:
Being a newbie and not knowing about the innards of how GNU/Linux
Being a newbie, one of the first things to learn is that it is NOT GNU/Linux, it is just Linux.
(Much as the GNU people would like you to think that way)
This is interesting. I learned it the other way around: I tought it was Linux, but Linux is only the kernel, and GNU provides basic applications built around it.
According at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux), we both are right.
GNU supplied the compiler and some other utilities.
I read it best at a place where someone suggested we call it KDE/Linux or Apache/Linux.
It just doesn't make sense to call it GNU/Linux. (Yes there are GNU supplied pieces.....)
Yes, right after I posted my email I read another article on WP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy IMHO naming the OS after the kernel does not sound quite right. But this name is widely used, and I'm happy to use it too: it's short and powerful. 'Nuf said. ;) (we're getting a bit OT too) Cheers, Leen