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Is there a distribution of Linux that has removed all of the Gnu stuff and anything connected to Stallman? I think there would be quite a lot of value in that p

Is there a distribution of Linux that has removed all of the Gnu stuff and anything connected to Stallman? I think there would be quite a lot of value in that personally.

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jrockway 15y ago
OpenBSD has attempted this throughout the years, but mostly to align with Theo's idea of secure C and architecture. Last I checked, though, this was not entirely successful; they're still using gcc. Honestly, the first thing I do on a new BSD system is to install the GNU userspace. It's more code, but it does more, and that makes me more productive. But there are plenty of projects attempting to rewrite the UNIX userspace, so join one of those and make it happen if you see "quite a lot of value in that personally". But by writing high-quality Free software, you'd still be advancing Stallman's agenda to let all computer users use the computer the way they want to.
- hackermom 15y ago
  "...you'd still be advancing Stallman's agenda to let all computer users use the computer the way they want to." Optionally under a license that is free for real.
  - jrockway 15y ago
    This really depends on how literally you take "freedom". If you think freedom is the ability to take away other people's freedom, then you won't like the GPL. The idea behind the GPL is to increase the amount of freedom in the world, not to increase each individual's amount of freedom.
- duskwuff 15y ago
  > Last I checked, though, this was not entirely successful; they're still using gcc. I'm not sure how far they've gotten, but they're supposed to have pcc to solve that: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20070915195203 http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=2007091519520...
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