Op 15-09-12 10:06, lucelem schreef: > Preface: Hello! Sorry, if message sent for wrong email. Replace it, if > it's true and sorry for my english... > > I'm going to try linux at soon. But now this fucking holywars about > Linux or GNU/Linux is irritating me.
I work many years now with Debian, and I have not seen any discussion or "war" about this point. > Only Debian still use it and > Debian is a symbol for other distributions too. All popular > distributions call their systems is "Linux" or "Linux-based OS". For > examples: Fedora Linux, Arch Linux, OpenSUSE Linux, Gentoo Linux, > Linux Mint, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Slackware Linux, > etc., but only debian team use GNU/Linux at least in their > documentation for a long time. I don't care about GNU, because > Stallman is stupid paranoid, but i appreciate em for GNU software, > what allow me booting Linux-based OS on my computer. You could also use e.g. lilo or syslinux. But it will be difficult to run Debian without at least some GNU software. > Do i need a feel > freedom when use Free Operating System? It's not a Freedom! No. Please feel what you feel. > Why i can't call it Linux? You may call it Linux, as long as you use a Linux kernel. In Debian we have freebsd kernels too. It's your choice. > Are you going to review this position today? If > not, i migrating to PC-BSD and will use it as my desktop OS. Do what you think is the best. With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen http://www.vandervlis.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-www-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/505581a0.8060...@vandervlis.nl
