Re: Call for Seconds, Take II
On 19 Sep 1998, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> >>>>> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
>
> Santiago> On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Zed Pobre wrote:
> >> + this string is reserved for the GNU Hurd operating system.
> Santiago> GNU/Hurd
>
> Santiago> [ I think everyone will agree on this ].
>
> Yes...
>
> Why "gnu" rather than "hurd" though?
"GNU" is the name of the "complete operating system", Hurd is just the
name of the kernel. I know, you may choose to name operating systems by
its kernels, but in this context (a document which started being a
Linux-only document), it is better to name it by using the GNU word than
not using it, so that people will not think it is something completely
different.
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