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Improve argument against "GNU/Linux" naming

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Reword argument to avoid targeting readers, as well as improve the
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- Inferencium - Website - About -->
<!-- Version: 7.0.0-alpha.4 -->
<!-- Version: 7.0.0-alpha.5 -->
<!-- Copyright 2022 Jake Winters -->
<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause -->
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<p>If you wish to contact me for any reason, you can use my
<a href="https://inferencium.net/contact.xhtml">contact methods</a>.</p>
<h3 id="about_me-gnulinux_or_linux"><a href="#about_me-gnulinux_or_linux">Is it GNU/Linux or Just Linux?</a></h3>
<p>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
<p>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.</p>
of Linux itself at any point of time.</p>
<p>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.</p>
</section>
<section id="date_time">
<h2 id="date_time"><a href="#date_time">Dates and Times</a></h2>