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What about all the distributions that don't include GNU, or those that only include a tiny proportion of GNU code, is there a chart that includes those?
by phpnode 13y ago
What about all the distributions that don't include GNU, or those that only include a tiny proportion of GNU code, is there a chart that includes those?
- sparkie 13y agoThey don't actually exist - it's just hot air from the anti-GNU crowd.
- herokusaki 13y agoDid you mean this comment to be sarcastic? Android and a lot of embedded Linux distributions are not GNU/Linux.
- nailer 13y agoAndroid doesn't have glibc, and it's the most popular consumer computing platform.
- vezzy-fnord 13y agoI can name one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_Linux
- tormeh 13y agoThe only essential GNU software is GCC, and even GCC can be replaced with Clang for many applications nowadays. Let's not call it GNU/Linux - it's just silly.
- belorn 13y agoWhat about all the distributions that don't include Linux, or those that only include the kernel but has nothing else in common. What about distributions that has more than one kernel. So instead, lets call it distributions! Except, distributions of what? Maybe we should call it distributions of Unix compatible operative systems. Except, Unix is not a standard so then one have to ask, which unix version and what does compatible means? Maybe we should call it distributions of POSIX compatible operative systems. Except, then we got the problem that most distributions are not 100% compatible. Maybe we should call it distributions of partial POSIX compatible operative systems. Except, that is not a specific definition, so now you can't graph it. I am sorry, I do not think there is a correct name we can use. I also do not think this is a discussion relevant to the article.