From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Brodbeck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What OS is used By Richard Stallman Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:19:24 -0800 Message-ID: <066ABBF2-3A1E-47CC-8535-C01D80003D06@u.washington.edu> References: <18302.3379.706756.157446@gastone.eng.it> Reply-To: emacs list NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199467292 29182 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2008 17:21:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 17:21:32 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 04 18:21:52 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JAqEx-0001aw-G8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:21:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JAqEa-0005kU-UR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:21:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAqEM-0005kP-9q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:21:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAqEK-0005kD-6A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:21:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JAqEK-0005kA-26 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:21:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu ([140.142.32.166]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JAqEJ-0007eO-Ob for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:21:12 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id m04HJQ0L023105 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:19:26 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from D-69-91-158-82.dhcp4.washington.edu (D-69-91-158-82.dhcp4.washington.edu [69.91.158.82]) (authenticated authid=brodbd) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id m04HJPQQ009764 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:19:26 -0800 In-Reply-To: <18302.3379.706756.157446@gastone.eng.it> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) X-PMX-Version: 5.4.1.325704, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.0.325393, Antispam-Data: 2008.1.4.90322 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='BODY_SIZE_900_999 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:50499 Archived-At: On Jan 4, 2008, at 2:40 AM, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > I> Linux is simply a shorter, easier version of saying GNU/Linux. > > I> Similar to "US" being a shorter version of "USA". > > Right! > > I> Any GNU/Linux distro is a packaging of Linux kernel with GNU > I> programs. > > All, AFAIK. > > I> Most of these GNU programs (X, Gnome, KDE, binutils, gcc) > I> run under many kernels and operating systems, such as Linux, BSD, > I> Sun, MS Windows, and so on and so forth. > > Xfree is not a GNU project, and Xorg too. But what you say is right. So if GNU/Linux is correct, doesn't that mean we should have to call most distributions GNU/X.org/Apache/Perl/Linux? (I'm probably leaving a few out.) And of course there's CP/M/DOS/Windows, and BSD/Mach/MacOS. You know, this could get confusing. I think I'll stick to just "Linux." I was never much for political correctness.