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LinuxDevCenter Interviews RMS

Posted by michael on from the red-pill dept.

prostoalex writes "LinuxDevCenter interviews RMS. Interesting that Stallman supports the free software projects ported to proprietary operating systems: 'Porting free applications to nonfree operating systems is often useful. This allows users of those operating systems to try out using a few free programs and see that they can be good to use, that free software won't bite them. This can help people overcome worries about trying a free operating system such as GNU/Linux. Many users really do follow this path.'"

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  1. Stroke for RMS by flosofl · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know this is OT. But I thought of a way to give RMS a stroke (or a facial tic at the vary least):

    Me: Boy I sure like my Linux system

    RMS : That's GNU/Linux!

    Me: Yep, brand-spanking new

    RMS: No, no, no! That's GNU G-N-U. GNU/Linux..

    Me: GNU/Linux? What's that?

    RMS: GAH! It's what you have installed!!

    Me: Oh, you mean Linux

    RMS: GNU/Linux!!!

    *** Repeat ad infinitum :)

    Bonus pts if you actually say Linux OS by the Red Hat people :)

    Merry Chr.. er .. Happy Holidays

    --
    "This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence" - Vyvyan "The Young Ones"
  2. POSIX ME HARDER by Laxitive · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quote:

    Some GNU utilities such as df and du do not follow the POSIX spec unless you set the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT. Normally GNU df and du print disk space figures in units of k. POSIX says to print disk space figures in units of 512 bytes. If you set POSIXLY_CORRECT, GNU df and du do that. (My original plan was to name it POSIX_ME_HARDER.) I would guess that very very few users set POSIXLY_CORRECT.

    Good to see RMS has a sense of humour. I got a nice chuckle out of that comment :)

    -Laxitive