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Topic: What grinds my gears: People who refer to "Linux" as "GNU/Linux"

Anonymous 47ae211000a6a8.34833955 started this discussion 2 months (2008-05-20 23:53:58 UTC) ago:

OK. "/" means "or" in English. GNU/Linux thus means "GNU or Linux" — not "Linux with GNU". Stupid.

If anything, it should be "GNU Linux", "GNU-Linux", "Linux+GNU" or something. "GNU/Linux" is quite definitely retarded and anyone who doesn't realize this is an idiot.

Anonymous 48335d907f18a2.42476176 replied with this 2 months (2008-05-21 00:02:32 UTC) ago, 9 minutes later (#18,762):

Stop fucking arguing over grammar. Go achieve world peace. Or kill yourself. Linux sucks anyways you 40 year old PCfag.

Anonymous 483371967d1ee8.41737685 replied with this 2 months (2008-05-21 00:51:57 UTC) ago, 49 minutes later (#18,773):

@18,762

says the mac fag

Anonymous 482914829c0914.86901263 replied with this 2 months (2008-05-21 04:04:07 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#18,805):

macs gay, mkay

Anonymous 482d9fd2611873.67109638 replied with this 2 months (2008-05-21 09:45:59 UTC) ago, 6 hours later (#18,831):

linux/gnu ftw

Anonymous 483490549723d7.75120922 replied with this 2 months (2008-05-21 21:23:38 UTC) ago, 12 hours later (#18,935):

Yea, and an OR in boolean logic is true if one or more of its operands is true. If we assume "GNU/Linux" is a particular interpretation for the statement "Operating System OR Kernel", then the sentence is correct.