“Linux” “Linux” “GNU/Linux” [gets thrown out the window]
Mom says it’s my turn to paste it!
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
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Thanks for listening.
I didn’t hear a single word you said.
I did read a few thoughNo. GNU is the OS and Linux is just one of it’s kernels.
You realize there are Linux distributions that don’t use GNU software at all, right?
There is nothing as Linux distribution. There are GNU distributions which may or may not have Linux as their kernel, Like Ubuntu (Linux kernel) or Debian GNU/HURD (Mach Kernel) which all have a same repository and the same apps work on them.
There are some other operating systems which may use Linux as their kernel too like Android, Tizen, etc. Which are completely separate things and has nothing to do with GNU (or what you falsely call Linux) and it’s apps.
What’s RMS?
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Oh, right, it is just his name, the “You, RMS,…” threw me off…
Really? Questioning the illegality of pedo? Maaaan I liked emacs! Why… dude, why! Fighting for gnu/linux is fun, but pedos and cousins? really? Any respecable source?
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Fuck… I guess I am team Vim, now
Obligatory “/laughs in alpine” response.
Everyone hates a pedant.
What you are referring to as pedantry, is in fact, semantics/pedantry.
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Only a pedant would make this claim
As long as it’s not owned by a douchebag and its open source and transparent, I don’t give a fuck what you call it.
Richard Stallman is a douchebag
Yeah, but he doesn’t own Linux, even though he wishes he did.
“Richard stallman is not the emperor of foss!”
“… He told my dad he was!”
No but he is the head of the Gnu Project
Being pedantic does not exactly give the best first impression of a community.
Never understood why it even matters, everyone knows and understands what Linux means, doesn’t matter it is the “wrong name”.
Motherfuckers were using “velcro” their whole lives yet it is the name of the company, not the name of the thing. They are called “hook-and-loop fastener” or “touch fastener”.
In french it’s “Scratch” because it sounds like this when you open it (not talking about Linux)
In Czech, it is called “dry zipper”. Dunno why, because both work when wet, it is not a zipper, and a regular zipper is not wet anyway.
In German it is “rip seal”. I think it’s pretty good.
Aren’t we supposed to sympathize with the guy being thrown through the window in these memes?
We do sympathize with him, that’s why it’s funny. He’s not wrong
He is wrong. The project is Linux.
This time we’re cheering… but he’s correct, so the meme still works structurally.
No he isn’t. It’s Linux
Alpine Busybox/Linux :3
Sure, but what distro?
~voilent fight ensues~
I’ll go get some popcorn.
Bedrock linux.
GNU. Just GNU; IDGAF which kernel it is (as long as it’s copyleft and supports my hardware).
I hurd you there.
aaaand out the window we go!
Maybe there’s a kernel of truth in there
But that’s just the kernel…
gets thrown out of window toolol. My take away from this meme is.
The debate is, which flavor with Linux under the hood, should we use. and that’s the debate.
Good
Replace GNU/Linux with NixOS
Or go pure with GUIX
I would love to, but due to GNU being GNU daily driving guix is not very realistic currently.
Gnu+linux
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