[UbuntuWomen] "GNU/Linux" (was: Thanks for the warm welcome.)

[Jan Claeys]

As this is off-topic on the ubuntu-women list...

Op woensdag 15-04-2009 om 12:03 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Ryan
Prior:
> You should know that some people will prefer that you call it GNU, or
> GNU/Linux as a compromise. This is because Linux software is just one
> part of the whole system, much of which was built by the GNU project.

These days a still very important but smaller & smaller part is built by
the GNU project (e.g. compilers and related, core utilities), while more
& more is provided by other projects now: Xorg, GNOME, KDE, Apache,
Perl, Python, and lots and lots of (smaller) projects.

Some FSF/GNU fans need to learn a bit of modesty before claiming it
should be called "GNU" or "GNU/Linux" and not something like
GNU/Linux/Xorg/GNOME/KDE/Python/Perl/...

> People will generally know what you mean when you say "Linux," but
> they may twitch. =D

Just call it Ubuntu...  ;)


-- 
Jan Claeys