i think's that's called an 'executive privilage' or something like that just out of curriosity. what excactly makes a linux box a GNU linux box. is it something like having gnome installed or using gcc as compiler?
Victor Quoting Jim Westbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As far as I know, there was no discussion, just an announcement that the > list > name was being changed. > > JimW > > On 19 Mar 2002, at 8:34, tom carlile wrote: > > > i agree this is lame. i've been out of the country for awhile and > > must have missed the discussion about name changes. > > > > also, since when have all posts been moderated? there have been a > > couple waves of spam to hit the list but nothing really warranting > > full moderation of the list. i don't feel comfortable reading a > > mailing list that is moderated, where someone else is deciding what > i > > should and shouldn't read. i can handle trolls and spam on my own > > thanks. > > > > surely many of the SIGLinux members out there agree with us that > this > > new setup isn't optimal... > > > > Paul Sack ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Is it *really* necessary to change the SIG's name to SIGFree? This > is > > > making it more difficult, not less difficult, for newbies to find > out > > > about this group's existence. I found out about this group by > typing > > > ``linux'' into UT's search page. Further, most people in this group > have no > > > problem with whether someone calls the operating system Linux or > GNU/Linux or > > > even just Debian. I imagine the reasons have to do w/ RMS & ESR > politics, and > > > it would be nice if that could be left to Slashdot and > > > comp.os.linux.luser^Wadvocacy. (Note that there is no > comp.os.gnulinux.* > > > hierarchy. This is not an oversight.) > > > > > > SIGFree, on face, sounds at best like a FreeBSD SIG, which it's > not. > > > > > > According to the SIGFree web page: > > > The purpose of the change is to avoid the idea that a GNU/Linux > system is > > > called a Linux system. > > > > > > I have called it Linux, and I have been using it since 1995. > Everyone else I > > > know calls it Linux. If for no other reason than that is quicker to > say and > > > easier for the clueless to remember. > > > > > > If you have to be a pedant, then let's call it SigGNULinux or > SigLinux. > > > (The operating system is not called ``free'' either.) > > > > > > (BTW, Jeff, you might not want to link to www.linux.org on the web > page - > > > they refer to the operating system as ``Linux.'') > > > > > > HTH. HAND. > > > > > > P.S. I talked offline to two other list members. Both also thought > this > > > new name is idiotic. > > > > > > -- > > > Don't change the reason, just change the excuses! > > > -- Joe Cointment > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sigfree mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/sigfree > > > > -- > > tom carlile [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Before a mad scientist goes mad, there has to be a period when he > > is only partially mad, and that's when he throws his best parties." > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sigfree mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/sigfree > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sigfree mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/sigfree > _______________________________________________ Sigfree mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/sigfree
