Presence of GuixSD as "a Linux"

Presence of GuixSD as "a Linux"

[Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer]

Some pages and documentation of some projects insist on using
terminology such as "a Linux", "Linux distributions", "Linux flavours"
etc. when referring to GNU/Linux systems.

Would the publicity benefits of appearing on such pages outweigh the
harm done by GuixSD appearing as "a Linux"?


Such a case we had recently: Guitarix web page.  Despite having
"GNU/Linux" in the project name, they were unwilling to change mentions
of "a Linux" and "Linux flavours" on their page to GNU/Linux, without
really giving a reason...  Anyone interested might want to check their
mailing list archives; I don't know if perhaps my communication skills
were too bad.

Taylan

Re: Presence of GuixSD as "a Linux"

[Adam Pribyl]

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On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer wrote:

> Some pages and documentation of some projects insist on using
> terminology such as "a Linux", "Linux distributions", "Linux flavours"
> etc. when referring to GNU/Linux systems.
>
> Would the publicity benefits of appearing on such pages outweigh the
> harm done by GuixSD appearing as "a Linux"?

IMHO GuixSD is more a platform to build OS. Now it is build with Linux, 
but I noticed Hurd attempts too or it may "parasite" on another OS. I do 
not feel it as a GNU/Linux distribution.

> Such a case we had recently: Guitarix web page.  Despite having
> "GNU/Linux" in the project name, they were unwilling to change mentions
> of "a Linux" and "Linux flavours" on their page to GNU/Linux, without
> really giving a reason...  Anyone interested might want to check their
> mailing list archives; I don't know if perhaps my communication skills
> were too bad.

Do not bother people with that - let them use what they want. To 
understand this, people have to have some level of insight and will. They 
may grow to that or not.

> Taylan

Adam Pribyl

Re: Presence of GuixSD as "a Linux"

[Ludovic Courtès]

Adam Pribyl <pribyl@lowlevel.cz> skribis:

> On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer wrote:

[...]

>> Such a case we had recently: Guitarix web page.  Despite having
>> "GNU/Linux" in the project name, they were unwilling to change mentions
>> of "a Linux" and "Linux flavours" on their page to GNU/Linux, without
>> really giving a reason...  Anyone interested might want to check their
>> mailing list archives; I don't know if perhaps my communication skills
>> were too bad.
>
> Do not bother people with that - let them use what they want. To
> understand this, people have to have some level of insight and
> will. They may grow to that or not.

+1.  Let’s respectfully let them do what they deem appropriate.

Ludo’.