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Subject: FYI
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 10:27:43 -0600
From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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Looks like the FSF people are considering stopping to use the name
"linux" as an OS name, and start using the distribution name, eg
"slackware" or "debian" or "bogus".  Seems like there is too much
variation in the different subflavors of Linux to properly configure
the system just knowing Linux is running.

It is all in the initial, "kick it around" stages right now, so maybe
it won't happen.

I thought this forum would be amused by it, since they have had to
deal with the NetBSD vs FreeBSD vs 386BSD vs BSDi for some time now.

Warner