Re: Is there GNU/Linux distribution which includes always latest gnome 3
- From: Yosef Or Boczko <yoseforb gnome org>
- To: karen gnome org
- Cc: rms gnu org, foundation-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Is there GNU/Linux distribution which includes always latest gnome 3
- Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:08:19 +0003
Btw, in the name of my system there is GNU/Linux credit:
$ uname -a
Linux yoseforb 3.14.0-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 1 23:08:28 CEST
2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Regards,
Yosef Or Boczko
בתאריך ה', אפר 3, 2014 בשעה 9:06 PM, Karen Sandler
<karen gnome org> כתב:
On 2014-04-03 04:28, Ali/amjjawad wrote:
> Arch is a variant of the GNU/Linux system, so please let's not call
it
> "Arch Linux". Calling the whole system "Linux" is, in effect,
giving
> Torvalds credit for our work, so we get no credit for it.
>
> See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html [1] and
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html [2], plus the history in
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html [3].
>
> Since Arch is a version of GNU/Linux, the right term is Arch
GNU/Linux.
As many people on this list know, I too prefer the term GNU/Linux,
and
it's been GNOME's official policy to use the term. FWIW, I try to
avoid
this problem by referring to the project as just "Arch".
karen
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