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Ubuntu on Windows

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2049 points bpierre | 2 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 1.667s | source
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AimHere ◴[30 Mar 16 20:52 UTC] No.11392908[source]▶
It's time that people stopped using the term 'Windows' for this operating system. The Free Software Foundation created the bulk of the userspace, under terms that allow anyone to share, modify and fork the programs, and then Microsoft came along with the one last missing piece of the puzzle - the kernel, and completed the full operating system, which, to be frank, users find completely unusable and worthless without the free software provided by GNU.

The kernel is an important part of the system, sure, but only one among many important parts. We therefore think that, to give full credit to the authors, the whole system should be termed GNU/Windows.

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1. PeCaN ◴[30 Mar 16 22:37 UTC] No.11393576[source]▶
Hm, but GNU/Windows still implies usage of many non-free binary blobs bundles as drivers with the OS. I advocate stripping them out and terming it GNU/NT, affectionately referred to as "Gnewt".
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2. vacri ◴[30 Mar 16 22:45 UTC] No.11393614[source]▶
Going by the official way gnu stuff is supposed to be sounded out, that should be "guh-newt" :)