Re: Use of the name 'Linux' to refer to GNU/Linux

[Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>]

Hi Guy,

Le dimanche 11 février 2007, à 21:13, Guy Johnston a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I've noticed on the home page of the GNOME site, that it reads "GNOME
> offers an easy to understand desktop for your Linux or UNIX computer."
> The use of the name 'Linux' here is clearly referring to the whole
> GNU/Linux operating system, rather than just the Linux kernel. As the
> GNOME project is committed to the goals of the free software movement,
> and is part of the GNU project (as far as I know), I'd have thought the
> project leaders would prefer to use the name 'GNU/Linux' for the system,
> to properly reflect how important the roles of the GNU project and the
> ideals of free software are for the development of this operating
> system, which I assume is the most common operating system GNOME is used
> with. Therefore, please considering changing this reference to read
> 'GNU/Linux' instead of 'Linux'.

We already agreed on this a few months ago:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-October/msg00022.html

We only need someone to actually do it, so I'll cc gnome-web-list.

Thanks,

Vincent

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