[wellylug] Slightly OT?

[Jethro Carr]

On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 11:40 +1200, Cliff Pratt wrote:
> > /me hangs his head in shame - I also refer to 2k as NT5 and XP as 5.1
> > 
> > but then I don't call Linux 2.6 - Ubuntu 5.10 ;-)
> > 
> My point exactly. Most people would when asked what they run give the 
> name of the distro, not the kernel. Same applies in the Winders world, I 
> feel, though you'd need a much finer feeler gauge to measure the gap 
> between the kernel and everything else on Winders, than you would on, 
> say,Ubuntu.

well it is a vague question - "what do you run?". Run what?

Well, I have a 2.6 series kernel, apache, mysql, sendmail, ssh, etc....

It's better to say "Ubuntu" rather than giving the person a whole list
of typical stuff.

Now if they said "What version of Linux do you run?", technically you
should give the kernel version. However, Linux is also used as a common
term for the entire open source desktop, so I believe both answers are
right.

Now we should get RMS into this debate over the naming of the whole
Linux system.... :-)


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Jethro Carr

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