Unless someone already knows the GNU tradition (obsession?:-) of putting "gnu" in names, "Lignux" just looks unpronouncable and weird. If Linux is to be accepted by more new people, self-imposed obstacles like this need to be avoided.
I respect the desire to raise the profile of GNU by putting it in the name, but it's just wrong in this case.
Linux is just starting to appear on the radar screens of the general population. To change the name to "GNU/Linux", "Lignux", or anything else would be completely self-defeating.
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Unless someone already knows the GNU tradition (obsession? :-) of putting "gnu" in names, "Lignux" just looks unpronouncable and weird. If Linux is to be accepted by more new people, self-imposed obstacles like this need to be avoided.
I respect the desire to raise the profile of GNU by putting it in the name, but it's just wrong in this case.
Linux is just starting to appear on the radar screens of the general population. To change the name to "GNU/Linux", "Lignux", or anything else would be completely self-defeating.
"them" being the pranksters or "them" being those who don't get the joke? Some people here could use a good pie in the face.