I’m not trying to attack him, but this is pretty funny.

Context: 11 days ago DT released a video where he called out the people who refer to Linux distributions as “Linux” as opposed to “GNU/Linux”. Today he released a video where he did exactly that.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Unless it’s android, saying linux implies the entire community of projects that have become a part of linux.

    GNU was one of those communities but it’s not the only one which is why saying GNU/Linux is stupid lol.

    Gonna start telling mac users to state they use posix /s

  • Hextic@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    The whole GNU thing has always came off as butthurt from RMS since Linux got all the glory while he and his team of contributors shit the bed on the Hurd kernel.

    Let’s not forget that X.org + all the desktop environments which are very important parts of a functioning OS are not GNU projects either. At what point do we need to say GNU+X11+KDE+Linux?

    All I know is if you say that machine over there runs Linux, I know what you’re talking about.

  • Marduk73@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Good catch and funny. I mean people still say Xerox something when they’re going to use a non xerox copier. But we all know what we mean.

    • bisby@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Indeed. “Linux” now means “literally Linux, the kernel” and also “an operating system that uses Linux as the kernel”. Kind of like how people say they use “Windows” but they mean that they use “Windows 11”.

      The only reason saying “GNU/Linux” helps is if you want to give credit to GNU. It doesn’t add clarity to anything. Which is warranted, but also, what if I forked GNU and relabeled it as linux-tools. I believe that’s within my right, isn’t it? To fork and copy things.

      It’s kinda odd to be like “copyright is bad, the works should be free, and just pass around naturally!” … “but also make sure I get credit”