Re: "Linux" in www.gnome.org/about
- From: "Lucas Rocha" <lucasr gnome org>
- To: "Behdad Esfahbod" <behdad behdad org>
- Cc: gnome-web-list gnome org, Olav Vitters <olav bkor dhs org>
- Subject: Re: "Linux" in www.gnome.org/about
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:58:23 +0300
Hi,
2007/9/11, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>:
> On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 23:27 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 05:21:22PM -0400, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> > > This has been raised up multiple times. Can we just replace "Linux"
> > > with "GNU/Linux" on the "What is GNOME?" page and be done with it?
> >
> > It should be: "GNU/Linux (commonly referred to as Linux)"
> >
> > This is IIRC what was previously agreed upon.
> >
> > I'm not planning to change it though. I'd call it "Linux (sometimes
> > referred to as GNU/Linux)" and be done with it.
>
> Personally I prefer the correct term to the common one. "GNU/Linux
> (commonly referred to as Linux)" is totally fine, but "Linux (sometimes
> referred to as GNU/Linux)" doesn't do justice IMHO.
I agree with Behdad. "Linux (sometimes referred to as GNU/Linux)" is
not very fair from our side.
--lucasr
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