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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?



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Mike Castle wrote:
> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> wrote:
>> GNU is an OS,  Linux is a kernel.
>>
>> Unfortunately popular usage has led to Linux incorrectly meaning GNU/Linux
>> and even more.
> 
> How much GNU software is required before it has to have the GNU moniker?
> 
> If my machine uses the Linux kernel is mostly busybox instead of
> coreutils/textutils/shutils do I have to keep using GNU/Linux?
> 
> If I use a BSD kernel with mostly GNU software, do I have to call it
> GNU/BSD?  (Something I'd find very amusing, by the way.)
> 
> mrc
> 
> 
If I run GNU Emacs, GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), GNUnet, MinGW
(Minimalist GNU for Windows) etc on Windows, does that mean I have to
call it GNU/Windows? :D

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Many thanks
Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst)

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