GNU/Linux? Was: Re: OT: Corel Linux (hijacked from Re: Chrome on Ubuntu)

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:38:26 -0300
Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> 
> > I took my 'troll' to Usenet and alt.os.linux.ubuntu (what a
> > quagmire!) where a nice fellow, John F. Morse, sent me this link:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy
> > which shows that the combination of GNU and Linux did, indeed, once
> > carry the term, Linux/GNU/X and also (once used by RMS) Lignux
> > (which I suspect is pronounced, "lee-gnewx").
> > Since the controversy (yes, there really is one) still rages on I
> > guess I'm going to throw my own mostly inconsiderable weight behind
> > Lignux.
> 
> I can just imagine Linus Torvalds response to Stallman...

Not necessarily to RMS, but he had this to say according to the
Wikipedia article:

"Well, I think it's justified, but it's justified if you actually make a
GNU distribution of Linux ... the same way that I think that "Red Hat
Linux" is fine, or "SuSE Linux" or "Debian Linux", because if you
actually make your own distribution of Linux, you get to name the
thing, but calling Linux in general "GNU Linux" I think is just
ridiculous."

And this:

"Umm, this discussion has gone on quite long enough, thank you very
much. It doesn't really matter what people call Linux, as long as
credit is given where credit is due (on both sides). Personally, I'll
very much continue to call it "Linux"."

Cybe R. Wizard
-- 
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