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[โ€“] GreenSkree@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm one that finds the GNU/Linux naming annoying. I think calling it that is mostly silly, and am mostly annoyed at people who militantly argue it's the only way to describe a Linux OS (which aren't as common as they used to be).

To me, it's just overly verbose and pointless. For the most part, the GNU part has been implied for pretty much any mainstream form of Linux for decades. And even if it wasn't, who cares? Like, you wouldn't say that you run KDE/X11/wpasupplicant/neovim/docker/pacman/paru/systemd/GNU/Linux... Just saying KDE on Arch Linux is simpler and far more informative.

[โ€“] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

It helps differentiate between GNU/Linux users and the five people who use GNU/Hurd