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It's not just a fight over words. "GNU/Linux" means something more than just "Linux". "Free software" means something more than just "open source"
by siddboots 13y ago
It's not just a fight over words. "GNU/Linux" means something more than just "Linux". "Free software" means something more than just "open source"
- rictic 13y agoI get that "Free software" means more than "open source" and I appreciate that the difference is meaningful and significant. I haven't heard an argument for "GNU/Linux" that's any more than "hey a bunch of GNU code is part of linux so GNU should be in the name." which seems a much less principled objection. If I'm wrong though, I'd love to be corrected.
- siddboots 13y agoWell, I suppose that I still cling to a mentality from a decade or so ago, when it seemed worthwhile using "GNU/Linux" to refer to the user-space system (e.g. "Debian is a GNU/Linux"), as opposed to just the kernel. But these days "Linux" is almost universally used to mean the former, and "the kernel" is used to refer to the latter. So I suppose you are right, it is a much less principled objection :)