Debian is already called Debian GNU/Linux as well as Debian GNU/kFreeBSD and Debian GNU/Hurd. Debian is the name of the project, the distribution is always GNU based with a different kernel.
Baruch On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Uri Even-Chen <u...@speedy.net> wrote: > 2011/1/17 Mordecha Behar <mordecha.be...@mail.huji.ac.il>: > > Remember, he is a GNU founder, not a Linux founder. There is a > difference. > > Actually RMS doesn't like the name Linux, and he wants the operating > system to be called "GNU/Linux" or "GNU+Linux" and not Linux. I > attended an open source conference in 2002 when he attended, and he > spoke about it. Personally I think it's a lost battle, and Linux is a > good name for the operating system. Especially when there are > operating systems such as Red Hat Linux, Debian and Ubuntu, adding the > name "GNU/Linux" to them would be too long and confusing. > > P.S. I searched "linux" in Google and found out that the title on > www.debian.org is "Debian GNU/Linux". RMS' battle for GNU/Linux is > not completely in vain. > > Uri Even-Chen > Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559 > E-mail: u...@speedy.net > Website: http://www.speedy.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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