[Mageia-discuss] Linux is a KERNEL not an OS

Wed Mar 2 12:59:54 CET 2011

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:13, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
+> On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:29:09 -0600, Richard Couture wrote:
+>
+>> Throughout the pages at www.Mageia.org there are references to Linux
+>> as if it is an OS or a distribution, [...]
+
+> I would propose that if you wish to do it right, to first do it right from
+> a mageia point of view. IE, that you should first post
+> on the proper ml ( ie one dedicated to web, or marketing, I would start by
+> marcom ). [...]
+
+Yep. The point is relevant (common language use vs. precision) so
+thank you Richard for bringing this up, in a good way.
+
+> Second, if you really want to do it right, you should IMHO start with a
+> patch, [...]
+
+Although before a patch, the right message replacement should be
+defined in marcom first.
+
+> Three, [...]
+
+And please avoid the "politically [in]correct" thing, it is fuzzy at
+best and it contributes to defuse the stance.
+
+As a side note, you will note that the Mageia end-product is to be
+called "Mageia" and not "Mageia Linux" (neither "Mageia GNU/Linux" for
+that matter). If it does, it's a matter of imprecision we can fix. And
+we did launch the project as "Mageia, the new Linux distribution" -
+this was a temporary launch title and it had to be short.
+
+So the fix will be more in how we define this Mageia product as such
+("operating system"? "GNU/Linux distribution"? st else?) and relative
+to what it uses/gathers (GNU/Linux indeed, but not only).
+
+Cheers,
+
+Romain
+