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Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?
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Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro |
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Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System? |
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Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:11:35 -0200 |
Em Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:49:42 +0100
address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) escreveu:
> I also dislike of that tendency to replace “distro” by “operating
> system” (and that applies to pretty much all GNU/Linux and
> Linux-and-no-GNU distros out there.) Hopefully, hackers and engineers
> understand the technical difference.
I also don't like it. There is one case, however, where it's
justified: for the GNU project's distribution of the GNU operating
system. Technically, we can do that, because the operating system
being distributed is developed by the GNU project (analogous to the
*BSD cases). Strategically, non-tech people expect to find references
to "operating system" rather than "distribution.
> At the same time, BSD means “Berkeley Software Distribution”, so the
> distinction between “operating system” and “distribution” has probably
> always been a bit fuzzy.
That's particularly the case because, practically, there is no
compelling reason to differentiate both when the organization
distributing it is the same as the organization developing it.
> Regardless, the question we should ask ourselves is what the goal of
> the GNU project is. My understanding is that it is to deliver an
> operating system in the technical sense of BSD, rather than a mere
> collection of loosely-integrated packages.
That's for sure! +1
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- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, (continued)
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro, 2014/11/21
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Brandon Invergo, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Brandon Invergo, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Ludovic Courtès, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Brandon Invergo, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Ludovic Courtès, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?,
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- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Richard Stallman, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Felipe López, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Felipe López, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Richard Stallman, 2014/11/22
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro, 2014/11/23
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Richard Stallman, 2014/11/23
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro, 2014/11/24
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Brandon Invergo, 2014/11/24