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Originally Posted by j.p.s
Maybe the problem is labeling OS distributions for desktops and laptops that use the linux kernel as linux. Stallman is nearly universally lambasted for requesting that they be called GNU/linux.
Should a distribution built on a BSD kernel with all the same configuarations, utilities, and applications as a GNU/linux distribution be called linux? The situation is a bit muddy because it is no longer theoretical because it is being done. But just because it has come full circle does not change the fact that the utilities and applications that were present in the first systems using the linux kernel were written by people using UNIX and its cousins.
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I agree that is probably the problem.
I believe the original challenge was for linux to ever be useful to end users in a general context.
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Originally Posted by BWinmill
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Originally Posted by wizwor
Linux has been brimming with potential since my grown children were in diapers. There's a reason why they don't charge for it.
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Oddly enough, the majority of people on this forum are active Linux users and have paid for the privilege. |
Since linux is just a kernel, I feel justified saying Android has done that.
If anyone (wizwor?) wants to argue that
twm will never fulfill its potential -- I have no intention of arguing the opposition.
