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[Dave Crossland]

On 20/01/07, David Schlesinger <david.schlesinger at palmsource.com> wrote:
> >
> > So IMO this is clearly a GNU/Linux system.
>
> More than it's a "GTK/GNU/Linux" system...? Or an "X/GTK/GNU/Linux"
> system...? Or a "list your favorite twenty components/X/GTK/GNU/Linux"
> system...?
>
> This is silly stuff, in my opinion.

The FAQ for your particular question is at
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#many

http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html explains why this is not
silly, in depth.

I'm sorry if I've come across as making a silly suggestion - I am
being very earnest here.

I am not suggesting to call the system by my favourite component.
While the X Windowing System, GTK, and the Linux kernel are
components, "GNU" is not a component.

> If the Free Software Foundation wants to
> call something "GNU/Linux" that badly, let 'em put together their own
> distribution and call it whatever they like.

www.gnewsense.org is FSF sponsored, and removes all proprietary
software from the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution.

-- 
Regards,
Dave