Re: The return of RMS and GNU/Linux

["Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> `lignux' as a configuration alias communicates information.  Supposing
> there were a Linux based system that did not use GNU code, then
> `linux' would differentiate.  But, see, there isn't.

Right, there isn't.  So why bother with "lignux"?  Changing the name of
somebody else's work is just plain rude.  I used emacs and gcc on my sparc
at work, but it wasn't known as "soglaris".

                                        Brian
                               ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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