From 0b02f34c21291d40422cefdf4b1fc7f08573f0fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: inference Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 07:44:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve argument against "GNU/Linux" naming Reword argument to avoid targeting readers, as well as improve the structure of the section. --- about.xhtml | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/about.xhtml b/about.xhtml index e0ad84b..9c0d2a9 100644 --- a/about.xhtml +++ b/about.xhtml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - + @@ -93,17 +93,17 @@

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Is it GNU/Linux or Just Linux?

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It's just Linux. GNU is completely unrelated to Linux, which is a - kernel developed by Linus Torvalds. Linux can be used entirely without - GNU software in userspace, and the kernel can be compiled without the - use of GNU tools. Just because GNU tools were used to initally develop - and compile the kernel, and were initially the only available tools for +

It's just Linux. GNU is unrelated to Linux, which is a kernel + developed by Linus Torvalds. Linux can be used entirely without GNU + software in userspace, and the kernel can be compiled without the use of + GNU tools. Just because GNU tools were used to initally develop and + compile the kernel, and were initially the only available tools for userspace, does not make this true today, and it never made GNU a part - of Linux itself at any point of time. Where are all of the other - forward-slashes for every other piece of software on your Linux-based - system which makes it just as usable? If you're using "GNU/Linux", you - should be using more than a single forward-slash when there is more to - your system than only GNU.

+ of Linux itself at any point of time.

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Where are all of the other forward-slashes for every other piece of + software on a Linux-based system which makes it just as usable? If a + system is running "GNU/Linux", it should be using more than a single + forward-slash when there is more to the system than only GNU.

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