Mark Harrison wrote: > > Tony Travis wrote: > > [...] The reason I mention all this is that it is > > important to remember that Linux is 'just' the kernel. Most of the tools > > and utilities that people use is Gnu software and this is why the FSF > > call it Gnu/Linux (Gnu software + Linux kernel). [...] > > I agree with virtually all you wrote, apart from the use of the word "Most". > > There was (on another list earlier in the year) quite a long discussion > about this - I don't remember the details, but I do remember that the > average Linux distribution is only about 17% FSF code these days. > > I also run virtual-rms from time to time, and my server is 100% Free > software... my desktop isn't (OpenOffice being the biggest non-free app.)
I think that that argument goes as follows: To get any sort of working system, you need Gnu software as well as the Linux kernel, therefore the system should be called Gnu/Linux to reflex this. If you are counting lines of code, I suspect that the percentage of Linux kernel code may well be even less than 17%. [Tongue in cheek] Having said all that, should we be calling Kubuntu KDE/Gnu/Linux? (I think that Ubuntu can remain as Gnu/Linux because isn't Gnome part of the FSF.) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
