Meaning of GNU/Linux [LWN.net]

Meaning of GNU/Linux

Posted Mar 15, 2008 0:34 UTC (Sat) by alfille (subscriber, #1631)
In reply to: Meaning of GNU/Linux by speedster1
Parent article: Quotes of the week

So why not GNU/cygwin GNU/freeBSD, etc?

It's not that there isn't GNU included in a standard Linux distribution, it's that imposing
your name and demanding first billing smacks of jealousy. Demanding that the GNU name be added
to any distribution that includes GNU software wasn't originally required.

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Meaning of GNU/Linux

Posted Mar 15, 2008 10:30 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Of course, if we ever get embedded animal tracking chips running free 
software, we could have GNU/gnu.

Meaning of GNU/Linux

Posted Mar 15, 2008 20:45 UTC (Sat) by speedster1 (subscriber, #8143) [Link]

A lot of free *BSD systems use mostly BSD-derived userspace. However, haven't you heard of
"Debian GNU/kFreeBSD"?

Meaning of GNU/Linux

Posted Mar 15, 2008 20:47 UTC (Sat) by speedster1 (subscriber, #8143) [Link]

Oops previous comment about Debian GNU/kFreeBSD ended up under the wrong parent, sorry...