On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 6:09 PM, praveen chandrahas <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 2:02 PM, narendra sisodiya < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > At the same time, I would say, delete all 15% and say Linux OS. > > > > > +1 > > Compile the kernel without gcc, debug without gdb and basically, don't use > the gnu toolchain. > Then call it linux os. > I'd say, we need to respect all those who contributed to the gnu "project" > and that can be done > by using its name in conjunction with linux. > > > > > Tell me, What if there is no GNU, No RMS ? No Linux right? > The replies given to this state that he was not an active developer or > something. > Its not just the technical input that matters. Who would have thought of > something > as radical as the GPL and then who would have spurred the development of so > many free software > packages? Had the GPL been not there when Linus wrote the kernel, can you > imagine what would > have happened? I'd say it would have remained as just another student > project. > > -- > Regards > Praveen Chandrahas > > Free Software is a matter of freedom, not cost. It is a matter of liberty, > not price. > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
My 2 paise: I don't mind calling it Linux. 1) Practically, it doesn't make sense to call it GNU/Linux or for that matter GNU/FreeBSD etc. It is awkward. Saying it Linux is easy - thats all people want. 2) People want a Operating System to use, not the ideological baggage around it. If a layman asks "why are you calling it GNU/Linux?", you either end up saying "because RMS asked me to say so" that makes you look less bright or you give a 5 minute instant biography of RMS and his ideologies - that makes you boring (for the layman). Does the layman really care what is meant by kernel and other stuff that makes an OS? I don't think so. 3) RMS/FSF wants due credit for their work. I guess they have that already. Just by forcing people to call it GNU/Linux won't help one bit. I just checked Fedora and openSUSE home pages, they call their distro as a 'Linux-based' operating system. Thats 2 of the top 3 distros. While we are at this topic, I wonder what people will say for Ubuntu. IMO, the world as we know it, is slowly forgetting the word 'Linux' (accept it or not, apart from RMS fanboys, nobody says GNU/Linux) and moving to call it as 'Ubuntu'. Checkout the home page of Ubuntu and search for the word 'linux' - you'll be surprised. -Balaji _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
