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[minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux distribution"

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25254: closed ([minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a
 "GNU/Linux distribution")
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:11:02 +0000

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From: taylanbayirli <at> gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer)
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: [minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux distribution"
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:42:02 +0100

It would be better to be consistent with the home page and make clear
that GuixSD is a GNU distribution, with Linux-libre being the default
kernel for the foreseeable future.

Background: Wikipedia has a policy to call GNU/Linux distributions
"Linux distribution" because that wrong term is more commonly used by
the public.  To define GuixSD as a "GNU/Linux distribution" gives them
in turn justification to define it as a "Linux distribution" instead.

Taylan

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: taylanbayirli <at> gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer")
Cc: Luis Felipe López Acevedo <felipe.lopez <at> openmailbox.org>,
 25254-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25254: [minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 23:10:00 +0100

Hello Guix!

taylanbayirli <at> gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") skribis:

> From b5672296e91671918035ca90370844c00f394340 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: =?UTF-8?q?Taylan=20Ulrich=20Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer?=
>  <taylanbayirli <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 22:14:18 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] website: about: Refine paragraph about GuixSD.
>
> * website/www/about.scm (about-page): Say that GuixSD is a distribution
>   of GNU and not a GNU/Linux distribution.  Mention use of Linux-libre
>   by default and support of Hurd.
> ---
>  website/www/about.scm | 11 +++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/website/www/about.scm b/website/www/about.scm
> index 38f3a1e..32646d8 100644
> --- a/website/www/about.scm
> +++ b/website/www/about.scm
> @@ -48,8 +48,15 @@ volunteers around the world under the umbrella of the "
>  		      "GNU Project") ".  "
>                        " This is the official web site for both projects. ")
>  
> -                (p "GuixSD is a GNU/Linux distribution committed to
> -respecting and enhancing "
> +                (p "GuixSD (Guix System Distribution) is a distribution of the "
> +                   (a (@ (href ,(gnu-url ""))) "GNU operating system")
> +                   " centered on the GNU Guix package manager.  It uses the"
> +                   (a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "software/linux-libre")))
> +                      "Linux-libre kernel")
> +                   " by default, with the "
> +                   (a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "software/hurd"))) "Hurd")
> +                   " being supported as of version 0.12.0.  As a GNU
> +distribution, it is committed to respecting and enhancing "
>                     (a (@ (href ,(gnu-url "philosophy/free-sw.html")))
>                        "the freedom of its users")

I pushed it with a slight adjustment to reflect the fact that GuixSD
does not yet support the Hurd.  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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