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Re: Documentation: Linux kernel and GNU/Linux system
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Micah Cowan |
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Re: Documentation: Linux kernel and GNU/Linux system |
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Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:53:19 -0800 |
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(12/10/2010 08:25 AM), Chris Jones wrote:
> Keeping in mind that in the second example, ‘books about Linux’ should
> probably not be fixed:
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> 1. Repeating GNU/Linux in the same sentence is unnecessary and somewhat
> inelegant
> 2. More to the point, as opposed to distributions, the books referred to
> are more often than not about ‘Linux’ rather than ‘GNU/Linux’
Not in my experience; especially if said books come with a "(GNU/)Linux
distribution".
I don't think point number 1 applies, in the minds of those who insist
on GNU/Linux, since the reasoning is that it is never appropriate to
refer to the entire operating system as simply "Linux".
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Micah J. Cowan
http://micah.cowan.name/