Am Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:50:07 +0100 schrieb Tollef Fog Heen:
> * Johannes Rohr
>
> | Linus says: Linux is an OS, using the GNU tools and being packaged by
> | distributors.
>
> nah, he doesn't. He says that Linux is a kernel and useless without
> any programs to use. It's also fairly boring to
* Johannes Rohr
| Linus says: Linux is an OS, using the GNU tools and being packaged by
| distributors.
nah, he doesn't. He says that Linux is a kernel and useless without
any programs to use. It's also fairly boring to most people.
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 08:04:24PM -0500, Brian Masinick wrote:
> Think about it, just as there is "Debian GNU/HURD"
It's the Hurd, not the HURD.
cheers,
Michael
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Am Wed, 05 Jan 2005 02:30:12 +0100 schrieb Brian Masinick:
>
> I agree with you. What is there currently is quite clear, and I don't
> think that it is misleading, either. Just as Richard Stallman states,
> the system comes with GNU utilities, and in our case, GNU utilities,
> various other un
Think about it, just as there is "Debian GNU/HURD" there is "Debian
GNU/Linux" and if you want to make it short just make it "Debian".
Not that I feel like arguing about or changing the intro text on the
website though... It looks ok right now.
Cheers
Floris
I agree with you. What is there cu
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 04:22:13PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> But hey, if you're seriously advocating we drop the GNU/ and just call
> it "Debian Linux"...
No way! I must say I was quite shocked to see people in the "Google
ads" discussion search for "debian linux" to see what kind of adds
th
Ed White wrote:
So I think a possible correct version could be:
"Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system
is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.
Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of
the
Ed White:
> This is wrong.
It's just a matter of interpretatin. Either one starts with the Linux
kernel and add the GNU tools, then the wording on our web pages is
correct. This is what the Debian project did. Or you start out with the
GNU tools and add a kernel, for instance Linux, then RMS' wor
Quoting from http://www.debian.org/
"Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system
is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.
Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of
the basic OS tools come from th
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