Re: Anniversary

Lol :P

Keith Vassallo wrote:
> Yep, 
>
> That pretty much nails it!
>
> Keith
>
> On 25 Aug 2008, at 12:55, Anton Xuereb wrote:
>
>> tbh, i think we should stick to calling it linux....the gnu guys are 
>> just sore about hurd never taking off and want a piece of the 
>> action...so everytime someone calls it linux they throw a tantrum 
>> about it being calling GNU/LINUX just to have their name in it
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Ramon Casha <rcasha@... 
>> <mailto:rcasha@...>> wrote:
>>
>>     Nah. I don't agree - for two reasons. First and most importantly,
>>     because it annoys Richard Stallman.
>>
>>     Second: What about X11? To many people it's as much a part of the
>>     operating system as the find utility by GNU. What about KDE? With
>>     Linux, the line between operating system and applications is more
>>     blurred than with Windows since in Windows you have to pay extra
>>     for everything, whereas in Linux you get everything packaged on
>>     the same CD. So you're running
>>     GNU/Linux/Xorg/Qt/KDE/OpenOffice.org/Mozilla/Ximian/etc.... or
>>     just Linux :)
>>
>>     Ramon Casha
>>
>>
>>     2008/8/25 Jean Azzopardi <aragorn@...
>>     <mailto:aragorn@...>>
>>
>>         One mistake : GNU/Linux.
>>         Ramon Casha wrote:
>>         > On the 25th August 1991 the following message appeared on the
>>         > newsgroup /comp.os.minix/:
>>         >
>>         > /Hello everybody out there using minix- /
>>         >
>>         > /I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't
>>         be big
>>         > and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has
>>         > been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd
>>         like
>>         > any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix; as my OS
>>         > resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-sytem
>>         > due to practical reasons)among other things. /
>>         >
>>         > /I've currently ported bash (1.08) an gcc (1.40), and
>>         things seem to work.
>>         > This implies that i'll get something practical within a few
>>         months,
>>         > and I'd
>>         > like to know what features most people want. Any
>>         suggestions are welcome,
>>         > but I won't promise I'll implement them  /
>>         >
>>         > /Linus Torvalds torvalds@...
>>         <mailto:torvalds@...>
>>         > <mailto:torvalds@...
>>         <mailto:torvalds@...>> /
>>         >
>>         >
>>         > *Happy Birthday Linux!!!*
>>         >
>>         >
>>         > Ramon Casha
>>         >
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