From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: no-spam@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux" Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:35:46 +0100 Message-ID: References: <000101c72b51$94f5f1c0$0200a8c0@meravi> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167417368 12170 80.91.229.10 (29 Dec 2006 18:36:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:36:08 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 29 19:36:07 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H0MaD-0000jT-Jn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:35:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0MaD-0006sN-1q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:35:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0Ma0-0006s9-85 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:35:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0MZv-0006ru-Jz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:35:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0MZv-0006rr-En for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:35:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.235] (helo=pfepa.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H0MZv-0003Q0-4G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:35:39 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx19.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 7FFF1FAC039 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:35:38 +0100 (CET) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Alexey Pustyntsev's message of "Sat\, 30 Dec 2006 03\:27\:30 +1000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) 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:40010 Archived-At: nospam@dev.null (Alexey Pustyntsev) writes: > "Micha Feigin" writes: > >> The operating system is the kernel. GNU is one of the more popular option (but >> not the only one) for the tools running over the operating system. I think >> GNU/Linux is just RMS being overly pushy and and egomaniac. >> > > RMS is neither pushy nor egomaniac. 'GNU/Linux' is absolutely correct > and fair term as the GNU tools and the kernel are practically > indispensable to get the OS running. And in particular the GNU C compiler and libraries! -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk