Re: What OS is used By Richard Stallman

[David Brodbeck]

On Jan 4, 2008, at 2:40 AM, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> I> Linux is simply a shorter, easier version of saying GNU/Linux.
>
> I> Similar to "US" being a shorter version of "USA".
>
> Right!
>
> I> Any GNU/Linux distro is a packaging of Linux kernel with GNU
> I> programs.
>
> All, AFAIK.
>
> I> Most of these GNU programs (X, Gnome, KDE, binutils, gcc)
> I> run under many kernels and operating systems, such as Linux, BSD,
> I> Sun, MS Windows, and so on and so forth.
>
> Xfree is not a GNU project, and Xorg too. But what you say is right.

So if GNU/Linux is correct, doesn't that mean we should have to call  
most distributions GNU/X.org/Apache/Perl/Linux?  (I'm probably leaving  
a few out.)

And of course there's CP/M/DOS/Windows, and BSD/Mach/MacOS.

You know, this could get confusing.  I think I'll stick to just  
"Linux."  I was never much for political correctness.