FSF Issues GNU/Linux Name FAQ

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FSF Issues GNU/Linux Name FAQ

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday September 25, 2002 @03:51AM from the died-dead-horse-die dept.

jdavidb writes "The FSF has issued a FAQ about why they believe you should say "GNU/Linux." Surprisingly long." They're certainly... thorough.

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Ummmm.... by DJPenguin · 2002-09-25 03:57 · Score: 3, Funny

*smiling, backing away very slowly from stallman...*

Ahem.
1. Re:Ummmm.... by Milalwi · 2002-09-25 04:27 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  *smiling, backing away very slowly from stallman...*
  
  Don't make eye contact! :-)
  
  Milalwi
misnomer by Telastyn · 2002-09-25 03:58 · Score: 5, Funny

Somehow I doubt those are frequently asked questions...
1. Re:misnomer by rde · 2002-09-25 04:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  If the list truly was a faq, top of the list, to my mind (well, okay, second to 'what the hell are you thinking') would be 'how do you pronounce gnu/linux?'
  
  If memory serves, RMS pronounced it guh-new-slash-linux; if I remember correctly, there's yet another compelling reason to pronounce it with a silent gnu.
2. Re:misnomer by glwtta · 2002-09-25 04:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  and yet they are frequently answered.
  
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  sic transit gloria mundi
3. Re:misnomer by foobar104 · 2002-09-25 04:34 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  pronounce it with a silent gnu
  
  Man, I'd give anything to live in a world where the GNU was silent.
4. Re:misnomer by pmancini · 2002-09-25 04:44 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Stallman sits in a basement, arguing with himself. He then writes the argument out (bad grammer and all - maybe he should have used a Microsoft product with helpful features like spell check and grammer check.) Finally, the dopes^H^H^H^H^Hfine people at Slashdot decide to give the fool an even bigger audience. *sigh*
  
  What is a bigger waste of the Internet? Stallman's rants or those Bumfight tapes?
Take a page from Mozilla... by Craig+Maloney · 2002-09-25 04:11 · Score: 4, Funny

Remember, the correct pronunciation of Netcape is "Mozilla". Why can't the correct pronunciation of GNU/Linux be "Linux"? Oh, I forgot... the GNU is never silent. :)

(Tongue firmly in cheek)
Re:Change the gpl.. by cant_get_a_good_nick · 2002-09-25 04:30 · Score: 4, Funny

They want to enforce the GNU/Linux issue, but hate BSD's advertising clause. This is not a troll: how do they say you can do one but not the other?
Re:Are they? by glwtta · 2002-09-25 04:39 · Score: 3, Funny

It's actually GNU/Linux not GNU\Linux, give the forward slash some credit for its work!

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In related news.... by yack0 · 2002-09-25 04:47 · Score: 3, Funny

vi users have put together a FAQ entitled "Why emacs sucks"

The National Apple Institute released a bulletin on use of pears in food products "Fuck pears!"*

The Paintball Users Consortium released it's findings on "Why pump guns are better"

The folks at "Apple Computers Rule!" released a document on "Why Macs are better than PC's"

Gee, did I miss any completely blatant flame war topics?

Useless news, stuff that fills the boards up...

*sigh*

j

* credit for this to George Carlin, Place for my Stuff album.

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Re:Why are they so desperate ? by eam · 2002-09-25 05:54 · Score: 4, Funny

I can't help thinking that this is a list of Frequently Asked Questions that just aren't frequently asked.
Re:Why are they so desperate ? by rvaniwaa · 2002-09-25 06:08 · Score: 3, Funny

It would be hard to write an emacs Macro that inserted "GNU" everytime one typed "Linux"

I can see it now, the Emacs office assistant: "I see you are trying to type 'Linux' Wouldn't you prefer the official name 'GNU/Linux'?

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