On 30 July 2012 15:48, Chris Tyler <ch...@tylers.info> wrote: > On Sun, 2012-07-29 at 23:53 -0700, John Wendel wrote:
> "Linux" is shorthand. "GNU/Linux" is still shorthand. I personally run > GNU/Linux/Xorg/Apache/BSD/LibreOffice/MySQL/Mozilla, but don't usually > refer to it that way, and that's still an abbreviation. > > The GNU project is awesome and deserves credit; so do all the other > communities that have contributed [tens of millions of lines of code] to > the free software and open source systems I use. Mentioning them all in > the name of the system is awkward and impedes communication. Anyone who > knows what I'm talking about knows about the FSF and the GNU Project; > anyone who doesn't isn't enlightened by expanding the name. > I suppose the distinction is that a lot of the basic infrastructure of the OS is GNU, the kernel isn't the whole thing, glibc is a big component. So GNU/Linux is maybe more precise, but also a bit redundant most of the time. > I find that "Fedora" is pretty descriptive shorthand and identifies both > the universe of software and the community I work with most closely; > "Linux" also works for me personally. > I find it interesting that blogger's stats record OS types 'Windows', 'Mac', 'Ubuntu' and 'Other Unix' -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
