firewall said:
@TUX .....and that day he will refuse to accept the fact , saying " i used to say this and nobody has told me before....."
What if he says at present that these things sounds so complicated!! Kernel and all!! How complicated it will actually be? I don't want to try it at all. Will you take that?
That could be really harmful to his interests also!!
The thing is that majority of people call it Linux. No debate on the point whether it should be called Linux or GNU/Linux. But let him use the more popular terms till his knowldege about it rises to the level that he can actually realise what GNU is and why a controversy about its name. In my opinion, its a storm in a tea-cup :roll: Nothing to take away from the contribution of Richard Stallman. He is a genius and his contribution is immense. But naah. I wouldn't tell a newbie that Linux is just a kernel and all that technical stuff. How is he concerned about it? Why should he care? He is interested in getting his work done. Thats it.
BTW, this place is not the right place for this argument at all. Shall do so later at some more appropriate thread
As of now, let him be aware of the pros and cons of Linux and Windows. Help him do that first. Then we will concentrate on technicalities.
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PS : A rose would still smell as sweet even if it is called something else.
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