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allucid
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Linux.
Stallman is technically right, but it doesn't matter. People who understand what GNU is and what it represents know that a Linux system is built on GNU tools and libraries. People who don't know what GNU is don't really care what I call it (most recognize "Linux", though). It's Stallman's fault for picking such a rediculous naming scheme. I don't see the point in nitpicking; the philosophy is lost on most people.
On a somwhat related note, I say Windows or XP instead of Micorosoft Windows XP and I say OSX instead of Apple OSX.
And it would me nice to one day to see a GNU microkernel if they ever catch up to Linux. |
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Omega21
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Linux by itself is much more streamlined.
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omp
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| c0balt wrote: | | Gentoonie wrote: | Its only Linux, because if you mention GNU, you can also mention all the other stuff, and that makes no sense.
I mean, i dont run a GNU-Linux-apache-xmms-openbox-X.org-GNOME system. |
that would go a little bit far, but LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP/Python) actually is a accepted name. |
Yes, but the idea behind the term LAMP is completely different.
LAMP: An ancronym to imply a web server than runs Linux with a database and a scripting language installed.
GNU/Linux: Adding GNU to the name because it uses GNU tools.
So all LAMP is doing is getting the message across with only a few letters, while GNU/Linux is trying to imply that the GNU project deserves credit too.
I hope I'm clear on what I'm trying to say.
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CalPaterson
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| For me, I always call a distribution GNU/Linux. But I rarely use that term, simply because Unix is a much better term. I rarely want to refer to GNU/Linux systems alone, because *BSD isn't much different. OpenSolaris is supposedly similar too, though I haven't ever used it. |
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energyman76b
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| Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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Linux
because if you say 'Gnu/Linux' (who do you spell /?), You have to say 'BSD/Artistic/PD/GNU/LINUX' or even more correct 'BSD/MIT/X11/Artistic/PD/GPL-BUT-NOT-GNU/GNU/Linux' and of course 'OSL/BSD/MIT/X11/Artistic/PD/GPL-BUT-NOT-GNU/GNU/Linux'
Do you see the madness in the system?
Linux is enough...
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pigeon768
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Linux. GNU/Linux is too hard to type.
On a related note, I call it eitherWindows or XP, not Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition. |
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ComputerNerd
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| Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:42 am Post subject: Linux vs Gnu/Linux |
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I am personlly for using Gnu/Linux due to the fact that the FSF has made many good contributions including gcc (my personal favorite) that almost all Gnu/Linux distros benefited from.
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sikpuppy
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| I like WIndows. Where's the option for Windows 8. It rocks. |
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ComputerNerd
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| sikpuppy wrote: | | I like WIndows. Where's the option for Windows 8. It rocks. |
Are you a troll this forums has no place for trolls. M$ Windoze is irrelevant. What I am asking is a naming preference. Do people want to call it Gnu/Linux or Linux.
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wswartzendruber
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| ComputerNerd wrote: | | sikpuppy wrote: | | I like WIndows. Where's the option for Windows 8. It rocks. |
Are you a troll this forums has no place for trolls. M$ Windoze is irrelevant. What I am asking is a naming preference. Do people want to call it Gnu/Linux or Linux. |
And just who the fuck are you to come in and dictate who we have room for here? sikpuppy has been a regular on this forum for a while now. I can't say that I've seen you before. |
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dmitchell
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Hello this is dmitchell and I pronounce Linux as Linux.
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pjp
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Merged.
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Prenj
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Meh. Linux.
Yeah, it's GNU/Linux, but at the same time, I don't mind getting laid every now and then. When I make it to 100, and my warranty runs out,I'll start being correct and calling it GNU/Linux. Or I might take up parachuting. Hard choices. |
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Old School
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| ComputerNerd wrote: | | sikpuppy wrote: | | I like WIndows. Where's the option for Windows 8. It rocks. |
Are you a troll this forums has no place for trolls. M$ Windoze is irrelevant. What I am asking is a naming preference. Do people want to call it Gnu/Linux or Linux. |
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Old School
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| Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:02 am Post subject: Re: Linux vs Gnu/Linux |
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| ComputerNerd wrote: | | I am personlly for using Gnu/Linux due to the fact that the FSF has made many good contributions including gcc (my personal favorite) that almost all Gnu/Linux distros benefited from. |
Linux.
Do you prefer movies about gladiators or women in prison?
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ComputerNerd
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| wswartzendruber wrote: | | ComputerNerd wrote: | | sikpuppy wrote: | | I like WIndows. Where's the option for Windows 8. It rocks. |
Are you a troll this forums has no place for trolls. M$ Windoze is irrelevant. What I am asking is a naming preference. Do people want to call it Gnu/Linux or Linux. |
And just who the fuck are you to come in and dictate who we have room for here? sikpuppy has been a regular on this forum for a while now. I can't say that I've seen you before. |
Well sikpuppy is clearly trolling what he is doing is like buying KFC and then going to McDonalds to eat it. Also Gnu/Linux is much better as the four essential freedoms are very important see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
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Prenj
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| ComputerNerd wrote: | | wswartzendruber wrote: | | ComputerNerd wrote: | | sikpuppy wrote: | | I like WIndows. Where's the option for Windows 8. It rocks. |
Are you a troll this forums has no place for trolls. M$ Windoze is irrelevant. What I am asking is a naming preference. Do people want to call it Gnu/Linux or Linux. |
And just who the fuck are you to come in and dictate who we have room for here? sikpuppy has been a regular on this forum for a while now. I can't say that I've seen you before. |
Well sikpuppy is clearly trolling what he is doing is like buying KFC and then going to McDonalds to eat it. Also Gnu/Linux is much better as the four essential freedoms are very important see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html |
Nerd, if you cannot stomach OTW, you get out. Simple. |
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Old School
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| Prenj wrote: | | ComputerNerd wrote: | | wswartzendruber wrote: | | ComputerNerd wrote: | | sikpuppy wrote: | | I like WIndows. Where's the option for Windows 8. It rocks. |
Are you a troll this forums has no place for trolls. M$ Windoze is irrelevant. What I am asking is a naming preference. Do people want to call it Gnu/Linux or Linux. |
And just who the fuck are you to come in and dictate who we have room for here? sikpuppy has been a regular on this forum for a while now. I can't say that I've seen you before. |
Well sikpuppy is clearly trolling what he is doing is like buying KFC and then going to McDonalds to eat it. Also Gnu/Linux is much better as the four essential freedoms are very important see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html |
Nerd, if you cannot stomach OTW, you get out. Simple. |
Calm down.
He needs to answer my question first.
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Prenj
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| Old School wrote: | | Prenj wrote: | | ComputerNerd wrote: | | wswartzendruber wrote: | | ComputerNerd wrote: | | sikpuppy wrote: | | I like WIndows. Where's the option for Windows 8. It rocks. |
Are you a troll this forums has no place for trolls. M$ Windoze is irrelevant. What I am asking is a naming preference. Do people want to call it Gnu/Linux or Linux. |
And just who the fuck are you to come in and dictate who we have room for here? sikpuppy has been a regular on this forum for a while now. I can't say that I've seen you before. |
Well sikpuppy is clearly trolling what he is doing is like buying KFC and then going to McDonalds to eat it. Also Gnu/Linux is much better as the four essential freedoms are very important see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html |
Nerd, if you cannot stomach OTW, you get out. Simple. |
Calm down.
He needs to answer my question first. |
Oh sorry. |
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dmitchell
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| ComputerNerd wrote: | | Well sikpuppy is clearly trolling what he is doing is like buying KFC and then going to McDonalds to eat it. |
looool
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| Prenj wrote: |
Nerd, if you cannot stomach OTW, you get out. Simple. |
There are many definitions for OTW what does that mean in this context?
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bogamol
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| ComputerNerd wrote: | | Prenj wrote: |
Nerd, if you cannot stomach OTW, you get out. Simple. |
There are many definitions for OTW what does that mean in this context? |
It is a rare type of Asperger's Syndrome.
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sikpuppy
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Poll is not compliant. PEBCAK fail.
Bah, the cursed MERGE fixed it. Bugger and tosh.
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bogamol
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| sikpuppy wrote: | | Orgasms Taste Wierd |
Your on the wrong end of it then.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Linux vs Gnu/Linux |
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| ComputerNerd wrote: | | I am personlly for using Gnu/Linux due to the fact that the FSF has made many good contributions including gcc (my personal favorite) that almost all Gnu/Linux distros benefited from. |
Necromancers must be banished!
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