I Say Linux, You Say GNU/Linux | Linux Today

I Say Linux, You Say GNU/Linux

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Gary Newell
Jun 10, 2015

Every time I post a link on Twitter I get a reply stating that I should use GNU/Linux and not just Linux. To this I say “give it a rest”, new users already have enough to deal with including dozens of distributions with dozens of desktops, multiple package managers and different installation methods. So GNU/Linux or Linux, what do you think?

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Gary Newell

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