Les Mikesell wrote: > Björn Persson wrote: > > Les Mikesell wrote: > >> I'm not sure there is an anti-GNU/Linux factor - just a pro "the other > >> 85%" of the distro unwilling to give unfair naming rights. > > > > Are you sure that there really are people who want to include those 85% > > in GNU/Linux? I'm not. I have now seen several people state that "the > > whole thing" is Linux, but I haven't yet seen anyone state that "the > > whole thing" is GNU/Linux. > > The other 85% has nothing to do with GNU, and is usually the driving > force behind people bothering to install the GNU portions at all. That > is, I don't install a system so I can run cp or tar or the other minor > infrastructure components, I install it to run some useful applications. > So it's not so much wanting to include the names of all the more > attractive applications in the distribution name as not seeing any > reason to glorify minor components that, after all, have their own > distribution anyway if anyone is interested in them on their own merits. You seem to be good at answering without actually answering the question at all. I think you'd become a great politician. You're still talking as if your opponents want to name entire distributions "GNU/Linux". I'm not so sure that there really is anyone who wants to name entire distributions "GNU/Linux". Are you sure that there are people who want to do this? Do you have any evidence? Björn Persson -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
