From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ralf Angeli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: gnu vs. xemacs Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:32:52 +0100 Organization: nil Message-ID: <45955f54$0$27610$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> References: <1167219981.424569.215160@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com> <17810.31823.986927.362052@kamaloka.dhatu> <87odpos1k3.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <877iwbshls.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <871wmiftnk.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: angeli@caeruleus.net NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167417711 13240 80.91.229.10 (29 Dec 2006 18:41:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:41:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 29 19:41:48 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 1H0Mfo-0001US-44 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:41:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0Mfn-0002Wa-LD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:41:43 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!feeder.news-service.com!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!212.27.60.9.MISMATCH!proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool2.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody Cancel-Lock: sha1:omeIEAjQvhRxLJYdzUybgkeLQfM= Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Dec 2006 19:32:52 CET Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 091e6ae6.newsspool2.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=:k8FKYoG?C4^8FBo0_81f>A9EHlD; 3Yc24Fo<]lROoR1Fl8W>\BH3Y2@B9SBNV5hK5392BQYIaSb9D\SojI5:1j=7VhZ[5Q6DP=QY; J6c3Q[T6 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:144410 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:40013 Archived-At: * Hadron Quark (2006-12-29) writes: > Leo writes: > >> 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. >> >> Making effort to preserve this consistence should be appreciated. > > This is simply not true. > > In nearly all but the kernel groups, "Linux" is known or accepted as Gnu/Linux. Leo talked specifically about "emacs-* mailing lists" and those are typically GNU lists. And on such lists "Linux" is often _not_ accepted as "GNU/Linux". -- Ralf