From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. Smith-Mannschott" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: "MIT/GNU/Linux" (was: gnu vs. xemacs) Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:46:09 +0100 Message-ID: <53DBB117-63D5-45D2-8863-7B90BEDB0D54@gmail.com> 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167396399 15033 80.91.229.10 (29 Dec 2006 12:46:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:46:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 29 13:46:37 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 1H0H81-0003WI-Mq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:46:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0H81-0005xh-5H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:46:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0H7o-0005xc-3u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:46:16 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0H7m-0005xO-G8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:46:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0H7m-0005xK-7L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:46:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.182.185] (helo=nf-out-0910.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H0H7l-0005vK-Q5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:46:14 -0500 Original-Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d4so5670690nfe for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:46:13 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=czGa4hAIPmxtBV9QfUwZGM4D9Rdlfogz8DeMXZXo4Zyk0xWSDyNF4AO6gn/DilmESve0DpJA6zFJP5XJIaSErxTU4ruFb2iTGS+M6w8vV3iEQvuqoxs9kURX3VD9tt0KOFq7MbixiRgHuUXiDzkZcGvL7aTcMS9pUTvJPeKdYGw= Original-Received: by 10.49.107.8 with SMTP id j8mr7612901nfm.1167396372732; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:46:12 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ?172.30.16.235? ( [193.170.250.70]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id o53sm70066992nfa.2006.12.29.04.46.12; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:46:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) 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:39999 Archived-At: 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