On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:17:07 +0000, aeclist@??? said:
> real
> people using GNU/Linux operating systems.
Nobody outside geekdom uses GNU/Linux: they use Linux. I've been using
Linux since 1993, and working with it on a daily basis for more than ten
years. The only people I have ever heard refer to the operating system as
"GNU/Linux" are pedants. Nothing wrong with being a pedant, of course:
I've revelled in the role for years. Part of being one is accepting that,
by definition, you don't see things the way others do (or possibly you
feel differently about them), or in other words you differ from the norm.
The norm, in this case, is to refer to the entire collection of software,
including the kernel (one component), the GNU bits (a minority of
components) and all the non-GNU bits (the majority), as "Linux". Right or
wrong, justified or not, that's reality.
--
"You can have everything in life you want if you help enough other people
get what they want" - Zig Ziglar.
Who did you help today?
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