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Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux" (was: gnu vs. xemacs)
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Matthew Flaschen |
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Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux" (was: gnu vs. xemacs) |
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Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:20:13 -0500 |
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Robert Thorpe wrote:
> Micha Feigin wrote:
> This is a problem. The systems that are used today have been built
> from software from many sources, large voluntary projects, private
> individual hobbiests, and corporations. The largest things in a distro
> used to be, in terms of lines of code, Linux, GCC, X, Glibc and Emacs.
> Now there are things like OO.org and Mozilla. There is no really good
> name anymore.
Yes, but the center of the system is still GNU and Linux. Moreover, the
GNU Project is the impetus beyond the system's existence.
> Perhaps these systems should be described as "Free/Open software
> operating systems".
That description is weak, to say the least. Half a dozen different
operating systems (GNU/Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenSolaris, Darwin,
etc.) could be described like that. GNU/Linux is much more descriptive.
Matthew Flaschen
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