Timeline for Is it acceptable to replace linux with GNU/Linux ?
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| Nov 18, 2019 at 16:55 | history | edited | Dan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 26, 2011 at 21:59 | history | edited | OliMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 26, 2011 at 13:03 | comment | added | Oli Mod | @Alaukik I still haven't seen a positive argument for "GNU/Linux" that offsets the side-effects of editing something. I think any educational value is so slim it can easily be left for questions directly discussing the word "Linux" (eg "What is Linux?") | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 12:11 | comment | added | Lincity | shouldn't we educate users about this rather than keep it on the sidelines . | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 12:10 | comment | added | Oli Mod | In science that may be the case. In language, with enough time, anything goes. | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 12:08 | history | edited | OliMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 26, 2011 at 12:06 | comment | added | Lincity | @Oli it is wrong to call it lead and it is wrong to call it linux but since many people call it linux it will not become right . | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 12:03 | comment | added | Oli Mod | Your pencil analogy doesn't work either because we haven't been calling them "leads" for the past decade. People call it Linux because of long-standing popular opinion. | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 12:00 | comment | added | Oli Mod | The differences between launchers and docks are much harder to differentiate and when they are used incorrectly, they're actually incorrect (the user meant to use a different word). "Linux", like it or not, does mean both "the Kernel" and "the GNU/Linux-based distribution" to the majority of people. When they read it they know it can mean more than one thing. This is not the case with the examples of the other thread. | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 11:57 | comment | added | Lincity | " Just as you can understand the different meanings of "lead" (element Pb or the verb "to lead") based on the sentence " so is it correct to stop calling pencil as pencil and call it lead since the internal part is made of lead . | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 11:56 | comment | added | Lincity | so what if its simple it is wrong terminology . and according to this (meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1263/…) correct terminology should be preferred . | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 11:51 | history | answered | OliMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |