Re: [Hampshire] Something to Download and Enjoy

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Author: Daniel Llewellyn
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To: lug, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Something to Download and Enjoy
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 00:23, Vic <lug@???> wrote:
>
>> GNU/Linux is offensive to me
>
> It shouldn't be.
>
> Linux is a kernel. To make a useful OS, you kinda need some userspace
> programs.
>
> That userspace is what converts Linux into GNU/Linux. If you sat it atop
> Hurd, it would be GNU/Hurd.


I think the issue here is that to continue the GNU/Linux argument one
would have to consider for a graphical system you use Xorg, therefore
one _must_ entitle it Xorg/GNU/Linux. But then you need firefox for
web browsing so you need to rename again to Mozilla/Xorg/GNU/Linux.



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    The Honeymonster aka Daniel Llewellyn