Today I got an interesting question on LFS IRC: <stallman mode="on"> Why LFS is called LFS and not GLFS (GNU/Linux From Scratch) </stallman> What do you think? -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Armin K. <krejzi <at> email.com> wrote:
Today I got an interesting question on LFS IRC:
<stallman mode="on">
Why LFS is called LFS and not GLFS (GNU/Linux From Scratch)
</stallman>
What do you think?
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On 08/05/12 11:10, Armin K. wrote: > Today I got an interesting question on LFS IRC: > > <stallman mode="on"> > Why LFS is called LFS and not GLFS (GNU/Linux From Scratch) > </stallman> > > What do you think? This is an argument that I'm starting to get a little tired of hearing, partly because it is so utterly pointless and partly because it will, unfortunately, *never* be resolved. While it is true that what is known as Linux is actually the Linux kernel plus the GNU toolset, the GNU toolset is not exclusive to Linux and can be used in a large variety of operating systems - including Windows. Therefore, to my mind, at least, calling it GNU/Linux is not only cumbersome but innaccurate. What makes Linux distinctively Linux and not Windows or MacOS or Solaris or BSD or ReactOS or... well, you get the idea, is its kernel, not all the extra bits that are bolted on to it to make it into a complete OS. However, having said that, Linux is all about choice and if other people choose to call it GNU/Linux, that's fine by me - provided that they, in turn, respect *my* choice not to. David Shaw -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
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