GNU? Isn’t that some kind of monkey?
By Andrew Miller in Reader
Posted in Linux on September 2, 2008 at 12:19 pm
No, it’s really not. GNU stands for “GNU’s not Unix” - a common theme in open source naming systems. On my trip around the web today, I came across Stephen Fry talking about GNU/Linux. You can watch this video on the GNU website, marking the 25th anniversary of GNU/Linux. There is also an article worth reading on the GNU website, which explains what GNU is and its relationship to Linux. As an avid Linux user, even I haven’t paid that much attention to the history of Linux - putting it all down to Mr Torvalds himself. To quote the site:
Whether you use GNU/Linux or not, please don’t confuse the public by using the name
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Loading ...Comment by R Grantham - September 3, 2008 on 9:20 pm
linux distros don’t come with mp3 support, but since its so easy to add afterwards they’re not limiting anything, just making you aware that it’s not an open standard, like most people seem to think it is.
Comment by - September 3, 2008 on 9:24 pm
This is true to an extent. Getting mp3 playback going in Fedora 7/8 involved adding in extra repositories to do so and it wasn’t officially documented.
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