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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: Distro name
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:38:19 +0100
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To: Jason Self <jason@bluehome.net>
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Hi Jason,

"Jason Self" <jason@bluehome.net> skribis:

> Why not call the distro "GNU"? :) After almost 30 years it's about=20
> time.

The problem is that =E2=80=9CGNU=E2=80=9D is (supposedly) synonym for GNU/H=
urd, or at
least for the operating system.  I think it makes sense to distinguish
the OS from the distro, no?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.