On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 08:17:31PM -0800, Keith Thompson wrote: > "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I do not see the reason why "GNU/Linux" should be preferred over just > > "Linux" to refer to the system. > > [...] > > What's the reason, anyway? > > > > The reason is that Linux is not a operating system, it is the kernel > > of one. The operating system is called GNU. > > Is there a widely agreed-upon meaning of the phrase "operating > system"? Is the kernel considered part of the operating system? If I > install a bunch of GNU software on a Solaris system, but I install it > in my home directory, is that GNU software part of the operating > system?
If you are from a school where the kernel is the operating system, then stop being an hypocrit and don't call that other operating system "windows" but instead NT. Rui -- Today is Setting Orange, the 48th day of The Aftermath in the YOLD 3173 + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
