You’ve probably seen the “I’d like to interject for a moment” quotation that is frequently attributed to Richard Stallman about how Linux should be referred to as GNU/Linux.…
yes, and for the same reason, when someone says “America” i always ask them: “do you mean South America, Central or North-America?” and they usually go “oh sorry yeah i meant the United States”.
Because langage matters and also brings about colonial notions…
“linux” like “open source” is our freedoms being colonized by the business/“pragmatic” crowd…
Who does that? Unless you are engage in a conversation about continents which I’m sure it doesn’t happens too often, otherwise why would you have to distinguish it?
yes, and for the same reason, when someone says “America” i always ask them: “do you mean South America, Central or North-America?” and they usually go “oh sorry yeah i meant the United States”.
Because langage matters and also brings about colonial notions…
“linux” like “open source” is our freedoms being colonized by the business/“pragmatic” crowd…
Who does that? Unless you are engage in a conversation about continents which I’m sure it doesn’t happens too often, otherwise why would you have to distinguish it?