> But the reason it is an integrated system—and not just a collection of useful programs—is because the GNU Project set out to make it one. We made a list of the programs needed to make a complete free system, and we systematically found, wrote, or found people to write everything on the list.
First of all, I mostly use Alpine for Linux servers, so I guess that should be referred to as Busybox/Linux according to this?
Second, the work done to make an integrated OS on desktop is not done by GNU anymore[0], it is done by the GNOME/KDE dev's.
[0] Also, what does "integrated" even mean in the context of a UNIX-like OS. Doesn't that sorta defeat the point?
That entire page can basically be summarized as "The GNU components in Linux distributions are becoming less significant each year, but please call it the 'GNU system' anyway because we like that name better."
teddyh|4 years ago
— https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
Shared404|4 years ago
> But the reason it is an integrated system—and not just a collection of useful programs—is because the GNU Project set out to make it one. We made a list of the programs needed to make a complete free system, and we systematically found, wrote, or found people to write everything on the list.
First of all, I mostly use Alpine for Linux servers, so I guess that should be referred to as Busybox/Linux according to this?
Second, the work done to make an integrated OS on desktop is not done by GNU anymore[0], it is done by the GNOME/KDE dev's.
[0] Also, what does "integrated" even mean in the context of a UNIX-like OS. Doesn't that sorta defeat the point?
adwn|4 years ago