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"GNU/Linux" is clunky. And I'm badgered with it any time I use the much less clunky "Linux." The people pushing the RMS-approved term hardest have no concept of
by mkr-hn 14y ago
"GNU/Linux" is clunky. And I'm badgered with it any time I use the much less clunky "Linux." The people pushing the RMS-approved term hardest have no concept of presentation, and it turns people off of listening. I would be instantly associated with the worst pushers of the term if I started using it, so it's a nonstarter.
Edit: GNU would get more attention if the FSF partnered with major Linux distribution vendors to give GNU a prominent placement in installers, documentation, and marketing. RMS peeing a line at the unmarketable "GNU/Linux" is only going to alienate people.
- pjmlp 14y agoDebian
- mkr-hn 14y agoI meant an actual partnership, with co-branding and everything. A mention of GNU buried in a page most people aren't going to look at won't have the desired effect. Look at the website for any convention and you'll see what I mean. For example: http://www.e3expo.com/splash/ http://www.e3expo.com/splash/ And hopefully it'll work better than this: http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/29/linux-car-first-to-crash-at-indianapolis-500/ http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/29/linux-car-first-to-crash-...