On 02/20/2011 08:23 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Du, 20 feb 11, 03:20:52, Ron Johnson wrote:Then it should be named: Debian GNU/X/GNOME/KDE/Lots-of-other-stuff Linux.Well, I guess that depends very much on the definition of an OS. IMVHO a kernel (Linux of kFreeBSD in case of Debian) plus the GNU tools can already be called an OS.
Sure, it *can*, and in 1993 it was.
Everything else (X, DE, ...) is optional. And
let's not start about busybox, yes? ;)
For most users, they are as optional as sheets are "optional" on a mattress.
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