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From: Tomas Nordin <tomasn@posteo.net>
To: microsoft gaofei <wangziheng@outlook.com>,
	Yuri Khan <yurivkhan@gmail.com>, "rms\@gnu.org" <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: What OS is used by Richard Stallman
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 21:37:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lg7g9m2n.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MWHPR02MB2463E67A733C645C15DC5CA0D4E80@MWHPR02MB2463.namprd02.prod.outlook.com>

microsoft gaofei <wangziheng@outlook.com> writes:

>>I [always?] took the slash to be pronounced “over” as in fractions.
>>Makes it look like a stack — GNU userland over Linux kernel.

> No. "Android kernel" means the kernel used by Google, and "windows
> kernel" means the kernel used by Microsoft, obviously, "Linux kernel"
> means the kernel inside a kernel. So "Linux kernel" is definitely
> wrong. You better say "Linux, the kernel," and must use comma, see
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonrestrictive%20clause .
> If you think using comma is a time waster, you can say "the kernel
> Linux".

You must say: "There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its
kernels".

Best regards
--
Tomas



  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-10-02 19:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-02 10:28 What OS is used by Richard Stallman microsoft gaofei
2018-10-02 11:08 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2018-10-02 19:37 ` Tomas Nordin [this message]
     [not found] ` <mailman.1657.1538509070.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-10-02 20:52   ` Emanuel Berg
2018-10-02 23:31     ` Van L
2018-10-03  7:31       ` tomas
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-11-08  5:30 What OS is used By " microsoft gaofei
     [not found] <mailman.1647.1538476113.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-10-03 22:11 ` What OS is used by " Stefan Monnier
2018-10-05 16:26 ` James K. Lowden
2018-10-05 21:57   ` Emanuel Berg
2018-10-06  5:05     ` Van L
     [not found]     ` <mailman.1744.1538802339.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-10-06  5:46       ` Emanuel Berg
2018-10-06  9:13         ` Van L
2018-09-27  0:41 What OS is used By " microsoft gaofei
2018-09-27 14:12 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-27  0:12 microsoft gaofei
2018-09-27  0:24 ` Van L
     [not found] <mailman.1270.1537850586.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-09-25 15:30 ` Barry Margolin
2018-09-25 21:50   ` Emanuel Berg
2018-09-25 22:15     ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-26  2:30       ` Van L
     [not found]     ` <mailman.1323.1537913730.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-09-26  9:24       ` Emanuel Berg
2018-09-26 14:43         ` Van L
2018-09-25  4:42 microsoft gaofei
2018-09-25  4:49 ` Brett Gilio
2018-09-25  7:20 ` Van L
2018-09-25 23:03 ` Richard Stallman
     [not found]   ` <MWHPR02MB2463038E8BBAE60667E45ADAD4150@MWHPR02MB2463.namprd02.prod.outlook.com>
     [not found]     ` <mailman.1360.1538003852.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-09-27 10:42       ` Emanuel Berg
2018-09-23 11:14 microsoft gaofei
2018-09-23 13:59 ` tomas
2018-09-24  1:45   ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-24  7:15     ` tomas
     [not found]     ` <mailman.1199.1537773312.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-09-28 20:03       ` Emanuel Berg
2018-09-24  1:45 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-24  4:24   ` Florian Weimer
     [not found] ` <mailman.1176.1537711957.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-09-29 16:06   ` Emanuel Berg
2018-09-30  5:23     ` Van L
2008-01-08  3:58 braydon fuller
2008-01-03 13:31 Ignoramus5311
2008-01-03 14:19 ` rjack
2008-01-03 16:22 ` jellybean stonerfish
2008-01-03 16:30 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-01-03 18:28   ` David Kastrup
2008-01-03 20:13     ` Joel J. Adamson
     [not found] ` <o-CdnRhcrsF9c-HanZ2dnUVZ_remnZ2d@comcast.net>
2008-01-03 14:28   ` Ignoramus5311
2008-01-03 14:42     ` Joost Kremers
2008-01-03 14:53       ` Ignoramus5311
2008-01-03 14:56         ` Joost Kremers
2008-01-03 15:04       ` Grant Edwards
2008-01-03 15:24         ` Roy Schestowitz
2008-01-03 15:27           ` Ignoramus5311
2008-01-03 18:40             ` Linonut
2008-01-04  3:14               ` Roy Schestowitz
2008-01-05  2:37                 ` Tim Smith
2008-01-04  3:43               ` Mark Dodel
2008-01-04 13:09                 ` Linonut
2008-01-04 14:02                   ` Roy Schestowitz
2008-01-03 16:27       ` jellybean stonerfish
2008-01-04 10:40     ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2008-01-04 17:19       ` David Brodbeck
     [not found]       ` <mailman.5729.1199467275.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-01-06  9:30         ` Tim X
2008-01-03 16:22   ` jellybean stonerfish
2008-01-04  4:12   ` Rick
2008-01-05  2:21 ` Andrew Gray
     [not found] ` <flmpk5$gcv$1@aioe.org>
2008-01-05  3:05   ` jellybean stonerfish
2008-01-05  3:47     ` Andrew Gray
2008-01-05 17:24     ` Alexander Terekhov
     [not found]     ` <477FBD32.30FCBB2E@web.de>
2008-01-07  0:00       ` jellybean stonerfish
2008-01-07  9:40         ` Peter Dyballa
2008-01-07 16:53         ` Joost Kremers
2008-01-07 17:57           ` Ignoramus18728
2008-01-07 18:46             ` Joost Kremers
2008-01-08  4:07               ` braydon fuller

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