On 02/20/2011 07:37 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:20:52 -0500 (EST), Ron Johnson wrote:
On 02/17/2011 07:54 PM, Stephen Powell wrote:
The longer, more formal name of Debian is "Debian GNU/Linux". It is called that
because the core of the system is the fusion of the Linux kernel (which is not
part of the GNU project) with the basic GNU tools (such as the programs found
in the "coreutils" package, for example). The Debian project wished to
acknowledge
the major contribution that the GNU project made to the distribution in the
early days (and still continues to do so).
Then it should be named:
Debian GNU/X/GNOME/KDE/Lots-of-other-stuff Linux.
I remember when RMS got all pissy about Hurd getting overshadowed by
a little punk from Finland and fearing that people would forget
about his greatness.
:-)
Quoting from the Debian FAQ:
The Debian Project was created by Ian Murdock in 1993, initially under
the sponsorship of the Free Software Foundation's GNU project. Today,
Debian's developers think of it as a direct descendent of the GNU project.
Then it should be GNU Debian Linux.
That explains why GNU had enough clout to get their name in the title.
It's always politics... :(
Anyway, bash, coreutils, gcc, etc are vital enough that I *do*
really appreciate the GNU developers' hard work.
--
"The normal condition of mankind is tyranny and misery."
Milton Friedman
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