Re: [Fsuk-manchester] GNU/Linux and free speech

[David Greaves]

Paul Waring wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 07:43:27PM +0000, Matt Lee wrote:
>> So, who's up for a discussion about freedom and why GNU/Linux is better
>> than Linux for those reasons? :)
> 
> I thought it was the other way ruond, Linux > GNU/Linux? I mean, GNU's
> only a set of tools...

Try using linux without any GNU tools. Not easy!

The answer to the converse is: BSD, Solaris, Windows, Mach, Hurd

The interface to the kernel is the tools.

David
PS I'm not religous about it but, on balance of fairness and credit where it is
due, GNU/Linux wins IMHO.