Free-software hackers like to brag about the robustness of their code. But a less-celebrated area where open-source programmers also shine is coming up with names for their applications.
Full story »Free-software hackers like to brag about the robustness of their code. But a less-celebrated area where open-source programmers also shine is coming up with names for their applications.
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blueskynis
14 years 33 weeks 21 hours 37 min ago
Huh
Why do they call it "Ubuntu applications"? Those programs are Linux applications, not Ubuntu only.
can.axis
14 years 33 weeks 4 hours 3 min ago
Linux and the GNU Project
RMS: «... Linux is just the kernel, and the kernel is probably unrelated to this applications. So the relevant platform is the whole system, which is GNU/Linux.
Would you please call the system "GNU/Linux", and give us a share of
the credit? We did start its developent. See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html for more explanation.»
blueskynis
14 years 33 weeks 36 min 9 sec ago
...
I know, I know, but I was just too lazy to type GNU/.