From: Adam Pribyl <pribyl@lowlevel.cz>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Presence of GuixSD as "a Linux"
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 18:21:33 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1507101814070.14721@sandbox.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r3oghxji.fsf@T420.taylan>
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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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-10 16:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-10 14:55 Presence of GuixSD as "a Linux" Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-07-10 16:21 ` Adam Pribyl [this message]
2015-07-10 17:52 ` Ludovic Courtès
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