Re: Bug#139792: emacs21: Press PageDown, get infinite loop

[Peter S Galbraith]

>       The "WHAT IS LINUX?" example text that Nick
>     selected is from the Linux kernel source README file which discusses
>     configuring, compiling and installing the kernel.  In that context,
>     Linus is obviously referring to "Linux" the kernel, and not "Linux" the
>     system.
> 
> The text starts, "Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch by Linus
> Torvalds".  Unix is an entire operating system, including shell,
> compiler, libraries, etc.  The kernel alone is not a clone of Unix.
> 
> To make the text correct with Linux referring to the kernel,
> that first line of these release notes ought to be changed.

Okay.  It could be changed to: "Linux is a Unix kernel clone written
from scratch by Linus Torvalds".  But someone would have to suggest it
to Linus so it's changed upstream.  It's hardly worth changing in the
Debian package.

Peter