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The emacsrocks videos existed before the website refresh and weren't created for gnu.org, but I can imagine Richard asking for new videos to advertise the GNU p

by cm3 10y ago

The emacsrocks videos existed before the website refresh and weren't created for gnu.org, but I can imagine Richard asking for new videos to advertise the GNU platform instead.

peatfreak 10y ago
> I can imagine Richard asking for new videos to advertise the GNU platform instead. Me too. He often asks for corrections in light of these types of oversights (at least, it looks like an oversight to me).
- joshumax 10y ago
  Maybe he'll only get half as upset because of OSX's Darwin base
  - giucal 10y ago
    He will more likely beat them to death.
satysin 10y ago
Yeah this is what I figured, still kind of surprised to see the new site go live with them. It isn't all that difficult to make a simple screencast on Linux to show off some of the basics.
- cheez 10y ago
  I just wanted to be annoying: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html
  - yoplait_ 10y ago
    Call it GNU or call it Linux. GNU/Linux is just stupid
    - ktRolster 10y ago
      To solve that problem, I always call it GLinux but the 'G' is silent.
      - cyphar 10y ago
        The G in GNU isn't silent. :P
        ktRolster 10y ago
        The G in glinux is!
    - belorn 10y ago
      Call it by the distribution name. Calling debian and android by the same name is silly if the only common software is the kernel and a bunch of universal tools and libraries.
      - yoplait_ 10y ago
        I don't know about Android but it's not silly at all to call Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu by a common name. I do it all the time.
        belorn 10y ago
        Ubuntu is a Debian-based operative system. Using the name "Debian" for both makes perfect good sense. Fedora, i.e. Red Hat, is very distinct from Debian. A Debian software package is not guaranteed to work on Fedora, nor is a Red Hat package guaranteed to work in Debian. Both try to be semi-compatible with each other, but that does not make them identical. A common name used in the past is "Unix" or "Unix compatible", but then what is not Unix compatible today? We could be talking about Linux compatible, but then, the vast majority of programs will work on BSD kernel as well as Linux kernels, while having stronger compatibility demands on distribution-specific technology. Maybe "systemd" or "systemd compatible" should be the new OS name? If you tell me the distribution of your OS, it will tell me enough information to make or identify compatible software. What property is more important than that in a name?

by cm3 10y ago

The emacsrocks videos existed before the website refresh and weren't created for gnu.org, but I can imagine Richard asking for new videos to advertise the GNU platform instead.

peatfreak 10y ago

> I can imagine Richard asking for new videos to advertise the GNU platform instead. Me too. He often asks for corrections in light of these types of oversights (at least, it looks like an oversight to me).

joshumax 10y ago
Maybe he'll only get half as upset because of OSX's Darwin base
- giucal 10y ago
  He will more likely beat them to death.

satysin 10y ago

Yeah this is what I figured, still kind of surprised to see the new site go live with them. It isn't all that difficult to make a simple screencast on Linux to show off some of the basics.

cheez 10y ago
I just wanted to be annoying: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html
- yoplait_ 10y ago
  Call it GNU or call it Linux. GNU/Linux is just stupid
  - ktRolster 10y ago
    To solve that problem, I always call it GLinux but the 'G' is silent.
    - cyphar 10y ago
      The G in GNU isn't silent. :P
      - ktRolster 10y ago
        The G in glinux is!
  - belorn 10y ago
    Call it by the distribution name. Calling debian and android by the same name is silly if the only common software is the kernel and a bunch of universal tools and libraries.
    - yoplait_ 10y ago
      I don't know about Android but it's not silly at all to call Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu by a common name. I do it all the time.
      - belorn 10y ago
        Ubuntu is a Debian-based operative system. Using the name "Debian" for both makes perfect good sense. Fedora, i.e. Red Hat, is very distinct from Debian. A Debian software package is not guaranteed to work on Fedora, nor is a Red Hat package guaranteed to work in Debian. Both try to be semi-compatible with each other, but that does not make them identical. A common name used in the past is "Unix" or "Unix compatible", but then what is not Unix compatible today? We could be talking about Linux compatible, but then, the vast majority of programs will work on BSD kernel as well as Linux kernels, while having stronger compatibility demands on distribution-specific technology. Maybe "systemd" or "systemd compatible" should be the new OS name? If you tell me the distribution of your OS, it will tell me enough information to make or identify compatible software. What property is more important than that in a name?