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Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux"
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Matthew Flaschen |
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Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux" |
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Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:01 -0500 |
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Tim X wrote:
>
> Now for some final clarification - at what point does GNU/Linux become
> something other than GNU/Linux? For example, I would expect a
> distribution like Debian is certainly of the GNU/Linux variety.
> However, what about Red Hat and SuSe?
Of course. They are using the same basic tools and software as Debian.
Possibly even more unclear, what
> about the distribution Oracle is planning to release as the supported
> platform for their Oracle databases, can you also call this GNU/Linux?
Even more obvious. Oracle's product is nothing but Red Hat Enterprise
Linux repackaged.
> If there are some distributions which are GNU/Linux and some which are
> not, what is the generic name used to refer to all of them
> collectively (i.e. in the sense of Unix or *nix)?
Linux distributions, but you will not find a major distribution that
doesn't rely on GNU. Only a few embedded systems use the kernel alone.
> I also gather from listening to RMS and from some reading that we
> should also avoid referring to GNU software as open source, but
> instead as "Free Software".
RMS started the movement and the GNU Project and that is the term he
chose to associate with both.
Matthew Flaschen
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