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The limited utility of the phrase "GNU/Linux" (2022) (seirdy.one)
3 points by LorenDB 8 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



GNU/Linux is a propaganda/marketing term of the Free Software Foundation to assert their relevance in what is frequently as described a Linux distribution.

If you look back far enough (1993/4) you’ll find the era where even the FSF happily used Linux as a term and “Debian Linux” as it was known at the time was made by an FSF employee at the time.




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