[ubuntu-uk] GetGNULinux.Org
TheVeech
theveech at gmail.com
Wed Apr 11 10:22:20 BST 2007
On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 09:57 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote:
>
> Toby Smithe wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 09:30 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote:
> >> Every time I get sucked into this debate, I reflect back that John Q.
> >> Public/Joe Sixpack calls it Linux. You may not like it, and probably
> >> don't, but that's not going to change the general public's mind as to
> >> it's proper name.
> >>
> >> "...but we should educate the public to the error of their ways...." and
> >> perhaps we should, but remember that it is a difficult job to teach a
> >> pig to sing, and it annoys the pig.
> >
> > Oh yes, and I also just call it Linux. Or Ubuntu.
> >
> So do I, but some people at the local LUG have taken exception to it.
> Even worse, I once commented to the effect that Ubuntu was the
> same/similar to Debian. I got my head handed to me on a platter for
> that one, but oddly enough Ian Murdock thinks that Ubuntu-Debian are the
> same. "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" Ian Murdock, Linux Format,
> LXF92 May 2007.
I've lost count of the amount of ill-informed statements that cry
freedom while, on further analysis, unwittingly act against it.
If someone like Stallman was someone I passionately disagreed with, I'd
probably characterise him in my own mind as a jerk. At times he behaves
like a spoilt brat. But he represents some sort of counterweight
against many of the 'common sense' notions that fly around at times.
Whether it's called GNU/Linux or Linux isn't important to me. What is,
is that people are at least aware of why his contributions are often so
important.
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