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Which is better: Linux or GNU/Linux in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] nrabulinski@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The person I replied to specifically said

Therefore, in technical discussions, I use the word "Linux" to refer to the OS, as "this software is compatible with Linux". But, when I want to stress out software freedom, given a large influence of the GNU project, I say "GNU/Linux".

So they use GNU/Linux to refer to any open system

Which is better: Linux or GNU/Linux in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] nrabulinski@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So calling those which are just as open but not associated with GNU GNU/Linux is disingenuous, despite the influence of the GNU organization

Which is better: Linux or GNU/Linux in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] nrabulinski@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

There’s quite a few Linux distributions or whatever you want to call it that aren’t associated with GNU or are not based on GNU software

[help] Old Minecraft versions are basically unplayable. in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

[–] nrabulinski@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Are we calling 1.8.9 old now?

Lemmy core devs have started work on a new front end using leptos in c/rust@programming.dev