On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 09:57 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote: > > Toby Smithe wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 09:30 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote: > >> Every time I get sucked into this debate, I reflect back that John Q. > >> Public/Joe Sixpack calls it Linux. You may not like it, and probably > >> don't, but that's not going to change the general public's mind as to > >> it's proper name. > >> > >> "...but we should educate the public to the error of their ways...." and > >> perhaps we should, but remember that it is a difficult job to teach a > >> pig to sing, and it annoys the pig. > > > > Oh yes, and I also just call it Linux. Or Ubuntu. > > > So do I, but some people at the local LUG have taken exception to it. > Even worse, I once commented to the effect that Ubuntu was the > same/similar to Debian. I got my head handed to me on a platter for > that one, but oddly enough Ian Murdock thinks that Ubuntu-Debian are the > same. "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" Ian Murdock, Linux Format, > LXF92 May 2007.
I've lost count of the amount of ill-informed statements that cry freedom while, on further analysis, unwittingly act against it. If someone like Stallman was someone I passionately disagreed with, I'd probably characterise him in my own mind as a jerk. At times he behaves like a spoilt brat. But he represents some sort of counterweight against many of the 'common sense' notions that fly around at times. Whether it's called GNU/Linux or Linux isn't important to me. What is, is that people are at least aware of why his contributions are often so important. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/