@redstarfish Of course, there are systems out there that are Linux, but not GnuLinux. Other than Android, Alpine is a particularly common example in containers and services. Void Linux also has non-GNU variants.
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@redstarfish Or I could just call the system I use Artix. In the long run, if I start calling it Gnu/Linux/Runit/KDEPlasma/Grub/ZFS/Mesa/Clang/Xorg/Fish/Arch/Artix to actually give everyone appropriate credit, it would get unwieldy fast. Or I could just give three groups credit by calling it Artix Gnu/Linux, but that seems unfair with the sheer number of different groups who contributed to the system I'm running now. Just calling it Artix would let people go and look themselves at what composes an Artix system.
@kazriko @redstarfish
Calling "Atrix" would be a fine choice. But the projects you mentioned are all secondary contributors.
(Side note, you mentioned some distributions such as Atrix, Arch. They are *distributions* of the GNU/Linux Operating system. They just package different component to make it a whole system distribute it)
It's expected that the project's principle contributor gets a mention. And the principle contributor is GNU Project and the system is basically GNU.
(See https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html )
Since a long name such as GNU/X11/Apache/Linux/Tex/Perl/Python becomes absurd, at some point you'll have to set a threshold, so whatever you set it., we won't argue against it.
Different threshold level would lead to different choices of name for the system. But one name that cannot result from concern of fairness and giving credit, not for any possible threshold level, is "Linux". It can't be fair to give all the credit to one secondary contribution (Linux) while omitting the principle contribution ( GNU ).
Calling "Atrix" would be a fine choice. But the projects you mentioned are all secondary contributors.
(Side note, you mentioned some distributions such as Atrix, Arch. They are *distributions* of the GNU/Linux Operating system. They just package different component to make it a whole system distribute it)
It's expected that the project's principle contributor gets a mention. And the principle contributor is GNU Project and the system is basically GNU.
(See https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html )
Since a long name such as GNU/X11/Apache/Linux/Tex/Perl/Python becomes absurd, at some point you'll have to set a threshold, so whatever you set it., we won't argue against it.
Different threshold level would lead to different choices of name for the system. But one name that cannot result from concern of fairness and giving credit, not for any possible threshold level, is "Linux". It can't be fair to give all the credit to one secondary contribution (Linux) while omitting the principle contribution ( GNU ).
@redstarfish Of course, I only mention Arch because the Artix platform uses a significant portion of its code and packages to operate, thus Arch is also a component of an Artix system. It's also not X11, that's the protocol, the software is xorg, a derivative fork of xfree86.
All of these systems are just mix and match pieces that can be merged together any way you want, and I've even used a system before that used Gnu and Xfree86, but no Linux at all.
All of these systems are just mix and match pieces that can be merged together any way you want, and I've even used a system before that used Gnu and Xfree86, but no Linux at all.