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[minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux distribution" |
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Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:42:02 +0100 |
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It would be better to be consistent with the home page and make clear
that GuixSD is a GNU distribution, with Linux-libre being the default
kernel for the foreseeable future.
Background: Wikipedia has a policy to call GNU/Linux distributions
"Linux distribution" because that wrong term is more commonly used by
the public. To define GuixSD as a "GNU/Linux distribution" gives them
in turn justification to define it as a "Linux distribution" instead.
Taylan
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Re: bug#25254: [minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux |
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Thu, 29 Dec 2016 23:10:00 +0100 |
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Hello Guix!
address@hidden (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") skribis:
> From b5672296e91671918035ca90370844c00f394340 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: =?UTF-8?q?Taylan=20Ulrich=20Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer?=
> <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 22:14:18 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] website: about: Refine paragraph about GuixSD.
>
> * website/www/about.scm (about-page): Say that GuixSD is a distribution
> of GNU and not a GNU/Linux distribution. Mention use of Linux-libre
> by default and support of Hurd.
> ---
> website/www/about.scm | 11 +++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/website/www/about.scm b/website/www/about.scm
> index 38f3a1e..32646d8 100644
> --- a/website/www/about.scm
> +++ b/website/www/about.scm
> @@ -48,8 +48,15 @@ volunteers around the world under the umbrella of the "
> "GNU Project") ". "
> " This is the official web site for both projects. ")
>
> - (p "GuixSD is a GNU/Linux distribution committed to
> -respecting and enhancing "
> + (p "GuixSD (Guix System Distribution) is a distribution of
> the "
> + (a (@ (href ,(gnu-url ""))) "GNU operating system")
> + " centered on the GNU Guix package manager. It uses the"
> + (a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "software/linux-libre")))
> + "Linux-libre kernel")
> + " by default, with the "
> + (a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "software/hurd"))) "Hurd")
> + " being supported as of version 0.12.0. As a GNU
> +distribution, it is committed to respecting and enhancing "
> (a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "philosophy/free-sw.html")))
> "the freedom of its users")
I pushed it with a slight adjustment to reflect the fact that GuixSD
does not yet support the Hurd. :-)
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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