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Re: [News] GNU Makes Up Just 15% of Debian GNU/Linux

After takin' a swig o' grog, NoStop belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> "GNU", "Linux", or neither...?
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | This isn't really about "GNU/Linux", it's really about asking "Where
>> | does free software come from?" In order to answer that question in
>> | any really definitive way, of course, you first have to collect all
>> | the relevant free software applications into one giant collection so
>> | you can do statistical analysis on them.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/gnu_linux_neither
>
> What a load of bullshit. I guess maybe it should be called Windoze/Linux,
> since a lot of open source software will also run on Windoze. The operating
> system is properly called GNU/Linux. End of discussion.

Definitely.  The command-line system is mostly GNU, as is the build
system.  But there's much room for others.  LGX, anyone?

-- 
   Secret hacker rule #11: hackers read manuals.

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