Re: [school-discuss] Donated Computers announcement, Take III

[Dennis Heuer <dh@onclick.org>]

Am Mon, 2002-05-06 um 08.31 schrieb Leon Brooks:
> On Monday 06 May 2002 12:59, Daniel Carter wrote:
> >> LINUX ENABLES SAFE COMPUTER DONATIONS TO SCHOOLS
> 
> > I personally prefer referring to 'Linux' as 'GNU/Linux'.  After all, most
> > of the core software in any 'Linux distribution' is part of the GNU System.
> > Does anyone else agree with me?
> 
> Yes, but KISS. A headline is not the place to put philosophical points. If 
> that were not so, it would say something like `OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE 
> ENABLES...'.
> 
> Cheers; Leon
> 

Yes, indeed, Linux is a buzzword and GNU/Linux is not. Using the word
Linux does no harm and helps because this word is widely known. Using
GNU/Linux is always wrong because it specifically expresses that there
is some Linux and some GNU software. But all distributions include more
than that. So, this term misses the real situation. Better saying Free
Source or Open Source.

Dennis
dh@onclick.org