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Re: [ART] Background image for GRUB


From: Felipe López
Subject: Re: [ART] Background image for GRUB
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:28:35 -0500


On 05/11/14 09:09, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro wrote:
> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
> 
>> Agreed.  But note that RMS asked me to not insist on calling the OS 
>> “the GNU system”, at least for now (AIUI, his main concern is that 
>> GNU = GNU/Hurd, which is not currently supported.)
> 
> I wonder if RMS has a good argument to justify his insistence in the
> truthfulness of the equation 'GNU = GNU/Hurd' beyond the well-known
> historical and technical ones.
> 
> From a strategical perspective, I fail to see why the distinction
> between GNU/Linux-libre and GNU/Hurd could be of any relevance.  IMHO,
> calling both simply "GNU" would help in the promotion of the GNU
> project and its ideals.  That would not cause confusion, because GNU
> would be defined as an operating system of multiple kernels, and
> technical-inclined people would always know how to tell the difference
> when needed or appropriate.
> 

I couldn't agree more.

-- 
Luis Felipe López Acevedo
http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/



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