User talk:Micropolygon

Hi Micropolygon,

please refrain from spuriously changing free software to open source. Thank you, --MarSch 12:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

GNU/Linux is a valid name
"GNU/Linux" is one valid name for operating systems which are created by combining GNU and the Linux kernel. Gronky 13:02, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

GNU/Linux conversation copied from User_talk:Gronky
Not all linux contain GNU. So GNU/Linux is only a subset of Linux that has GNU tools. Micropolygon 13:08, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * All unix-like "Linux distros" contain more GNU than they do Linux. Gronky 13:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * there are linux distro with no GNU. Micropolygon 13:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Unix-like ones? Which? Gronky 13:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The one i made. Micropolygon 13:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Which is...? Gronky 13:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * NoGNU-Linux. Micropolygon 13:19, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Besides, the main article is called "Linux", not GNU/Linux, so we should follow that standard.Micropolygon 13:22, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Read the article. Both names are in use, and the current state of the article being named "Linux" instead of "GNU/Linux" is in current debate on the Talk page.  Every article has to pick a name, but that doesn't mean that every topic only has one valid name. Gronky 13:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The article says a Linux with GNU libraries can sometimes be called GNU/Linux, so Linux is the name for all Linuxs, while GNU/Linux only refer to Linuxes with GNU. Micropolygon 13:26, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * All Linux-based operating systems have GNU libraries. Maybe it's possible to boot a computer with Linux and without GNU, but you won't have a Unix-like OS, and you won't be able to run any of the applications whose pages you're changing to say Linux instead of GNU/Linux, so you're actually making those pages incorrect. Gronky 13:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)