This bug was fixed in the package gfxboot-theme-ubuntu - 0.6.3
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gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (0.6.3) intrepid; urgency=low
* Update language names from localechooser 2.03ubuntu1, adding Amharic and
Marathi, adjusting the default locale for Esperanto, and fixing the
localised
Fixed for my next upload by removing the progress bar along with that
translatable string.
** Changed in: gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) = Colin Watson (kamion)
Status: New = Fix Committed
** Changed in: gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided =
I think possibly I didn't make myself clear. The situation is indeed as
you describe. However, if it is legitimate to describe the whole OS as
Linux, then a phrase equivalent to loading Linux's kernel in various
languages is also legitimate, since the kernel is the kernel of the
whole OS. If
The official description is Ubuntu is a Linux-based operating system, not
Ubuntu = Linux.
http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/faq
So let's stay with the official terminology, not community slang ;)
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FWIW, I think you can get either reading out of Ubuntu is a Linux-based
operating system. If Linux is a kernel, Ubuntu is based around that
kernel. If Linux is an entire OS, Ubuntu is a version of that entire
OS, and is therefore based on it. Actually, I think the second reading
is the more
Thomas (hi!): In context, I think simply reducing it to Loading kernel
or even just Loading would be sufficient; I doubt that people really
care about the detail here on the boot menu.
In fact, I've previously speculated on removing this dialog altogether.
It's the last thing that happens before
FWIW, it was our intention when founding Ubuntu to dodge the Linux vs.
GNU/Linux controversy entirely. I remember an early discussion about
whether we should be Ubuntu Linux or Ubuntu GNU/Linux, and
eventually we agreed that it was better just to be Ubuntu and not have
to worry about it. Now, this
This is going to open a big can of worms about whether people mean the
kernel when they say Linux (hence why the FSF ask you to say GNU/Linux
to describe the whole thing) or whether it's legitimate to use Linux
to mean the whole thing. It's a rather politicised question.
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I disagree. Those who refer to the entire operating system name it after
the kernel, do they not? I don't think there is a dispute over whether
the kernel is called Linux or not, that's a fact. The political dispute
is over whether an entire operating system running on the Linux kernel
should be
