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Re:My Watch Runs GNU/Linux by dec0dedab0de on Friday January 06, 2017 @12:20PM (#13338118)
Anyway, this misses the point of the FSF in insisting on calling it GNU/Linux.

The point of the GNU is not to name every application that runs on your system, but to say that you're running the Linux kernel AND the GNU userland to have a functional system, i.e. that GNU is the second half of a complete system, GNU/Linux.

I thought the point was to bring attention to the idea of Free Software as a philosophy. Where as Open Source is more of a marketing tool.

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Re:My Watch Runs GNU/Linux by AsyncAwait on Friday January 06, 2017 @01:35PM (#13338877)
Totally, by association with the GNU Project, you'll certainly come across FSF and their work to promote free software, which is the ultimate goal.
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Re:My Watch Runs GNU/Linux by snambi on Friday January 06, 2017 @12:49PM (#13338391)
Totally true. What is the purpose of opensource anyway? somehow most corporations believe that opensource is good for them.
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