www/distros common-distros.html

[Dora Scilipoti]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   11/12/19 18:49:00

Modified files:
        distros        : common-distros.html 

Log message:
        Make it clear Linux is the kernel. RT #717043.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/distros/common-distros.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.39&r2=1.40

Patches:
Index: common-distros.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/distros/common-distros.html,v
retrieving revision 1.39
retrieving revision 1.40
diff -u -b -r1.39 -r1.40
--- common-distros.html 27 Nov 2011 13:50:34 -0000      1.39
+++ common-distros.html 19 Dec 2011 18:48:39 -0000      1.40
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 <p>Arch has the two usual problems: there's no clear policy
 about what software can be included, and nonfree blobs are shipped with
-their Linux kernel.  Arch also has no policy about not distributing
+their kernel, Linux.  Arch also has no policy about not distributing
 nonfree software through their normal channels.</p>
 
 <h3 id="CentOS">CentOS</h3>
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@
 <p>There are other ways in which programs officially part of Debian
 suggest nonfree software for installation.</p>
 
-<p>Previous releases of Debian also included nonfree blobs with the
-kernel Linux.  With the release of Debian 6.0 (&ldquo;squeeze&rdquo;)
+<p>Previous releases of Debian also included nonfree blobs with Linux, the
+kernel.  With the release of Debian 6.0 (&ldquo;squeeze&rdquo;)
 in February 2011, these blobs have been moved out of the main
 distribution to separate packages in the nonfree repository.</p>
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 Ubuntu name in some of their distribution channels.  Ubuntu offers the
 option to install only free packages, which means it also offers the
 option to install nonfree packages too.  In addition, the version of
-Linux included in Ubuntu contains firmware blobs.</p>
+Linux, the kernel, included in Ubuntu contains firmware blobs.</p>
 
 <p>
 Ubuntu's trademark policy prohibits commercial redistribution of exact
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 nonfree programs in their ports system.  In addition, their kernels
 include nonfree firmware blobs.</p>
 
-<p>Nonfree firmware programs used with the Linux kernel are called
+<p>Nonfree firmware programs used with Linux, the kernel, are called
 &ldquo;blobs&rdquo;, and that's how we use the term.  In BSD parlance,
 the term &ldquo;blob&rdquo; means something else: a nonfree driver.
 OpenBSD and perhaps other BSD distributions have the policy of not
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/11/27 13:50:34 $
+$Date: 2011/12/19 18:48:39 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>