Re: that old GNU/Linux argument

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Alexandre Oliva wrote:
On Jul 22, 2008, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

the gnu utilities in linux distros could easily be replaced with
counterparts from the *bsd's, opensolaris, or any commercial unix
version.  And the Linux kernel could be swapped with a bsd,
opensolaris, or commercial unix in a distro running GNU utilities.

That all this could be done and yield something else doesn't change
what the combination GNU+Linux is.

No, but it does point out that Linux does not particularly depend on GNU or vice versa.

Removing the GNU bits until it is
no longer the largest single part of the whole operating system would
just give legitimacy to naming the whole after some other part.

I suspect the X-related bits outweigh the GNUish parts considerably.

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