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PureOS makes an effort to avoid saying Linux. IMO it's a deceptive marketing ploy to take software from GNU/Linux without giving credit, and pretending to be so
by alisonkisk 5y ago
PureOS makes an effort to avoid saying Linux. IMO it's a deceptive marketing ploy to take software from GNU/Linux without giving credit, and pretending to be something different, perhaps to attract lay people who are scared of "Linux".
https://tracker.pureos.net/T749 https://tracker.pureos.net/T749
- fsflover 5y agoThey avoid Linux, because it's GNU/Linux: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html https://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html. (FSF requires calling the OS GNU/Linux, not Linux, in order to get the endorsment.)
- mynameisvlad 5y agoThat’s not what the parent commenter is saying at all. They avoid mentioning GNU/Linux in general.
- fsflover 5y agoNo, they don't: https://puri.sm/faq/what-is-gnulinux/ https://puri.sm/faq/what-is-gnulinux/.