9 Sep 2000 inri   » (Apprentice)

nymia: Re: GNU/Linux; I simply call the OS I'm running GNU. I don't find it more necessary to point out the kernel than to point out the web browsers (lynx, moz). GNU is a project to build a free OS, as are the BSDs; RMS probably doesn't recommend calling it GNU b/c people would give him shit about not crediting Linux. GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd is basically a compromise between the ``correct'' name of GNU and the ``common'' name of Linux.

An alternative would be to just call it RedHat 6.1 (not RedHat LINUX 6.1), since the distros gather all the components and present the product, which is rather similar to how car makers work (the vast bulk of cars are simply assembled components).

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