Re: Linux isn't an operating system

Curtiss (1CMC3466@ibm.mtsac.edu)
Wed, 06 Mar 96 04:27:37 PST


On Wed, 6 Mar 1996 02:11:32 -0500 you said:
>I would expect that most of the people who speak of "the Linux
>operating system" think of this as just a minor lack of precision.
>
>But aside from being unfair (which by itself would not be worth
>fussing about), it also tends to split the community and thus
>discourage communication and cooperation. When the people who use
>what is essentially the GNU system think of themselves as "Linux
>users", and not as "GNU users", often they don't see a reason
>cooperate with the people who maintain the GNU software. This leads
>to version-skew and unnecessary incompatibility.
>
Like Linux libc and GNU libc.

>One way to help unify the community, and gently encourage more
>cooperation, is to use the term "Linux-based GNU system" to
>describe these systems more accurately.
>
Nah, I use the term "GNU-based Linux system" :)