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> The other widespread confusion is the idea of a "Linux operating system". The system in question, the system that Debian and Red Hat distribute, the system that tens of millions of people use, is basically the GNU operating system, with Linux added as the kernel. When people call the whole system "Linux", they deny us the credit for our work, and this is not right.

desire to use GNU-free distro increased
@SuperDicq @kaia i kinda disagree with him about the 'free software' marketing autism. that phrasing is horrible and doesn't actually land with the public for what he wanted it to mean.

the FSFs core argument is basically abusing copyright as a weapon against enclosure and they completely bungle the job of selling that concept.
@SuperDicq @kaia the epstein thing is because he went on at his usual autistic length about minsky's alleged epstein ties (which weren't very strongly supported afaik)

though where a normal person would have stopped at "i don't think my coworker did anything wrong and he's not alive to defend himself" RMS kept going on a rant about age of consent etc

that particular incident was his own unforced error
@kaia There is no Linux without GNU, but there is GNU without Linux.
Documentation/process/changes.rst
====================== =============== ========================================
Program Minimal version Command to check the version
====================== =============== ========================================
GNU C 5.1 gcc --version
bindgen (optional) 0.65.1 bindgen --version
GNU make 4.0 make --version
bash 4.2 bash --version
binutils 2.25 ld -v
flex 2.5.35 flex --version
bison 2.0 bison --version
pahole 1.16 pahole --version
util-linux 2.10o mount --version
kmod 13 depmod -V
e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V
jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V
reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 reiserfsck -V
xfsprogs 2.6.0 xfs_db -V
squashfs-tools 4.0 mksquashfs -version
btrfs-progs 0.18 btrfs --version
pcmciautils 004 pccardctl -V
quota-tools 3.09 quota -V
PPP 2.4.0 pppd --version
nfs-utils 1.0.5 showmount --version
procps 3.2.0 ps --version
udev 081 udevd --version
grub 0.93 grub --version || grub-install --version
mcelog 0.6 mcelog --version
iptables 1.4.2 iptables -V
openssl & libcrypto 1.0.0 openssl version
bc 1.06.95 bc --version
Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 2.4.4 sphinx-build --version
cpio any cpio --version
GNU tar 1.28 tar --version
gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version
mkimage (optional) 2017.01 mkimage --version
Python (optional) 3.5.x python3 --version
GNU AWK (optional) 5.1.0 gawk --version


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