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Re: Emacs on Ubuntu advice
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Mike Gerwitz |
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Re: Emacs on Ubuntu advice |
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Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:36:45 -0400 |
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On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 23:28:20 -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Yes, that is a more technically-accurate name. Mike Gerwitz goes into this
> issue at more length here:
>
> Gerwitz M. GNU/kWindows. 2016-04-06.
> https://mikegerwitz.com/2016/04/GNU-kWindows
>
> where he calls it "GNU/kWindows", a name that is shorter and easier to
> remember. I suppose another possibility might be "GNU/WSL", though this
> relies on people knowing what "WSL" stands for. All these names are more
> accurate than "Windows Subsystem for GNU/Linux" would be.
rms came up with the name; I wrote that article with his input. He
chose the name for clarity's sake; I can't say whether something else
may or may not be more appropriate.
If another term does happen to be more appropriate (and rms agrees),
I'll change it in the article.
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