From: "B. Smith-Mannschott" <benpsm@gmail.com>
Subject: "MIT/GNU/Linux" (was: gnu vs. xemacs)
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:46:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53DBB117-63D5-45D2-8863-7B90BEDB0D54@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m27iwbld2e.fsf@sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk>
On Dec 29, 2006, at 02:12, Leo wrote:
> In every emacs-* mailing lists, it has been extremely consistent to
> use Linux and GNU/Linux i.e. Linux means the kernel and GNU/Linux is
> the operating system that contains a Linux kernel.
So lemme see...
(1) "Linux" is just kernel
(2) GNU/Linux is the operating system formed by running the GNU tools
on top of that kernel
=>
Actually, we should use "MIT/GNU/Linux", at least when including X11
on top of GNU/Linux. I'm sure I wouldn't feel at all tempted to
shorten a handy phrase like "MIT/GNU/Linux". It just rolls of the
tongue.
I'm inclined to agree with the point made by the pedants of "GNU/
Linux", but I do wonder: where does it end?
*ducks*
// ben
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-29 12:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-27 11:46 gnu vs. xemacs H.
2006-12-27 12:57 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2006-12-27 13:10 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-12-27 13:59 ` Sven Bretfeld
2006-12-28 10:27 ` Ramprasad
[not found] ` <mailman.2429.1167301573.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-28 11:27 ` Tim X
2006-12-28 18:57 ` Matthew Flaschen
[not found] ` <mailman.2457.1167332268.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-28 23:53 ` Tim X
2006-12-29 1:12 ` Leo
2006-12-29 12:46 ` B. Smith-Mannschott [this message]
2006-12-29 13:59 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" (was: gnu vs. xemacs) Micha Feigin
2006-12-29 14:17 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2006-12-29 17:27 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Alexey Pustyntsev
2006-12-29 18:35 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Kim F. Storm
[not found] ` <mailman.2488.1167400944.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-29 15:29 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Giorgos Keramidas
2006-12-30 0:28 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Tim X
2006-12-30 6:05 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Matthew Flaschen
[not found] ` <mailman.2537.1167458715.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-30 12:09 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Tim X
2006-12-30 17:13 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Matthew Flaschen
[not found] ` <mailman.2550.1167498938.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-31 2:36 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Tim X
2006-12-31 15:42 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-01 2:45 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Tim X
2006-12-31 15:34 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-01 2:21 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Tim X
2006-12-29 23:12 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Jay Belanger
2006-12-30 15:13 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Micha Feigin
[not found] ` <mailman.2547.1167491771.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-30 17:19 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Robert Thorpe
2006-12-30 17:49 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" (was: gnu vs. xemacs) Robert Thorpe
2006-12-30 19:20 ` Matthew Flaschen
[not found] ` <mailman.2487.1167396377.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-03 6:42 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Stefan Monnier
2007-01-03 8:17 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Drew Adams
2007-01-03 10:03 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Matthew Flaschen
[not found] ` <mailman.2685.1167818637.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-03 20:33 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Stefan Monnier
2007-01-04 9:14 ` "MIT/GNU/Linux" Matthew Flaschen
[not found] ` <mailman.2475.1167354778.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-29 18:23 ` gnu vs. xemacs Hadron Quark
2006-12-29 18:32 ` Ralf Angeli
2006-12-27 19:52 ` David Kastrup
2006-12-28 14:36 ` insert name
2006-12-28 20:25 ` David Kastrup
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