Re: custom vs. derivative
Le Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 12:33:30PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 06:45:37PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> >Le Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 11:10:55AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> >>
> >> If someone can find official Debian definition of "Debian distribution"
>
> >I would just suggest to us "Debian operating system" instead.
>
> Why do you suggest this different one?
Hi Jonas,
I suggest it because :
- The front page of www.debian.org says "Debian is a free operating
system (OS) for your computer."
- www.debian.org/releases then introduces the three "distributions" of
Debian, Stable (released), Testing (queue for next stable), and
Unstable (development). Using "Debian OS" instead of "Debian
distribution" suppresses the question : "Which distribution?"
- It distinguishes Debian as a software from Debian as a group of
people or Debian as an infrastructure. (But this is less relevant to
this discussion).
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
http://charles.plessy.org
Wakō, Saitama, Japan
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