discuss: Gnu Auto tools mini-HOWTO ?
Subject:
Re: Gnu Auto tools mini-HOWTO ?
From:
"Guru -" ####@####.####
Date:
25 Jul 2003 07:37:44 -0000
Message-Id: <Sea2-F10fr4k8GoKY7m0000a890@hotmail.com>
">i believe the gnu/linux tools title looks awkard. the
>gnu u r mentioning here is a set of tools that run
>over linux system. these tools work the same on any
>kernel. so a title like gnu tools for Linux system
>would be a better title IMHO"
Thats a good idea....but I want to strongly emphasize the difference between
the GNU and Linux.
">gnu u r mentioning here is a set of tools that run over linux system." GNU
is an operating system and Linux is a kernel. GNU/Linux attempts to refer to
the GNU operating system with the Linux kernel and related software (which
is made by hundreds of different organisations).
Your idea is not bad though, but if I say GNU tools its not perfectly
accurate either because only some of the tools are created by the GNU and
the title you suggest would imply that I refer only to GNU tools. I consider
GNU/Linux a little more...broad.
So what does the list think about this? Do you have anything to add?
Gareth
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