On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 07:10:04PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> On Tue, May 21, 2002, Eliran wrote about "GNU/Linux only, !linux ?":
> > Check it here: http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0520.rms.html 
> > Do you think it is right to behave like that ? What do you think about the 
>approach ?
> > 
> > Should IGLU be changed too ?
> 
> IGLU, our group of Israeli Gnu/Linux Users?
> Why should we change the name? :)

?! on iglu.org.il : The Israeli Group of Linux Users
so s/Gnu/Group/

Am I wOrng ?

> 
> [to those who don't understand the joke, Richard Stallman from GNU has been

Joke for him ? I think he took it seriously...
Joke for us ? maby.

> complaining for years on the fact that people call the system they use "Linux"
> while in fact the Linux kernel is a small part of it, and GNU tools like gcc,
> glibc, fileutils, and so on are a big part, so RMS asks this system to be
> refered to as GNU/Linux instead. Today we hear of another round of his
> complaints, when he refused giving a speach in front of some Linux user
> group because that group wasn't called a "GNU/Linux" group]

"Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the kernel Linux, are now widely 
used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux'', they are more 
accurately called GNU/Linux systems."
                                        - http://www.gnu.org


BTW nadav, how do you put the hebrew date on your message?
    and I can't send you private mail.


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