how can people use linux when ....

there is a compatibility issue??

Are they not gamers?
They don't use general programs??
or are softwares actually compatible on linux??

By the way, anyone who says "dual boot" is a drooling moron

OP here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4urKgZ2i014

But Linux is not GNU, no matter how much Richard Stallman whimpers that it is.
Stallman's argument is probably regarding distros, not the kernel itself.

>>43
truth. it is the combination of the gnu operating system with the linux kernel running underneath.

>>40
He doesn't, he always says that it's GNU/Linux. It's both.
You can't just replace some of them with proprietary ones, because it may violate the GPL (derived work). And hey, most SW in GNU/Linux operating systems is licensed under the GPL, which was created by the GNU-people.

Maybe in the future there will be GNU/Hurd or OpenSolaris, which will be licensed under the GPLv3. I just hope that OpenSolaris won't get the running gag that Hurd is :)

1. Linux is Unix, as it's POSIX compilant and mostly follows Unix tradition, style and feel.
2. GNU/Linux is Unix.
3. I call it just Linux, which is the kernel, i.e. essential part of the OS, and when I want to be more specific, I mention the distribution. I'll do this regardless of if the GNU guys want it called GNU/Linux for including GNU tools, the vim guy wants it called vim/Linux for including vim, and id Software wants it called Quake3/Linux if you install Quake 3.

>>45
You can replace anything by propietary software without violating the GPL. You only cannot distribute it. GPL does not restrict use, it restricts distribution.

BTW, the day Hurd comes out, I'll call it Hurd, not GNU/Hurd, tee hee.

glibc is part of the operating system. this is the gnu part that is specifically the operating system. you can't say glibc is a minor part of the gnu/linux distro - everything else depends on glibc (provides the posix platform) and linux (manages computer hardware resources)

vim is computer software, not operating system software. ls, init and rm are not operating system software, they are computer system software.

disregard my other post. accidental posting.

glibc is part of the operating system. this is the gnu part that is specifically the operating system. you can't say glibc is a minor part of the gnu/linux distro - everything else depends on glibc as it provides the part of the posix platform. linux also provides part of the posix platform as well as managing computer hardware resources)

vim is computer software, not operating system software. ls, init and rm are not operating system software, they are computer system software.

>>46
You can replace anything by propietary software without violating the GPL. You only cannot distribute it. GPL does not restrict use, it restricts distribution.

So... where do you want to download those programs then?! It's fine if you want to write your own midnight commander, but as long as you can't distribute it, noone gives a damn about it.

So no, you can't REALLY write proprietary replacements since "proprietary" itself means that you give it to others without any source code.

>>49
where do you want to download those programs then?!
You can download binaries. (OMG OMG BINARY PACKAGE!!!) Or write them yourself.

Propietary itself means it's propietary. I can buy it from someone who distributes ONLY THAT PART, then integrate it into my private copy of Lunix, or I can write it myself.

Opera sucks sure there's an ebuild for opera but it just get dropped to /opt, it's statically linked, and it's CLOSED SOURCE, which means that it is a BINARY package.

CFLAGS JUST KICKED IN YO

>>50
Sure, but just if it isn't linked with any GPL'd libs

>>50
Distributing the binaries breaks the license, since you must also provide the source for any binary.

>>54
Distributing binaries ALONE that just happen to work on a GPLed operating system does not break anything.

>>55
It breaks the freedom of my computer

>>56
that makes no sense

>>57
Yes it does. If you don't have the source code, it's like saying you're free just because your prison cell is unlocked, but unless you actually have the key, you are not free at all. Got it?

www.oprah.com is opensauce

>>59
Don't listen to this retarded troll.

Being opensauce means nothing. At least Opera developpers were smart enough to realize this.


www.opera.com

>>60
Don't listen to this retarded troll.

Download www.oprah.com instead

>>58
Faggot GNAA fag

>>58
so that's why I didn't understand you. Your computer doesn't have any freedom - it only does what it is instructed to do. You should have said something along the lines of
receiving the binary to a piece of software without the complete source code infringes on my right to maintain complete control of my own system.

>>63
Don't listen to this retarded troll.

Download www.oprah.com instead

I'm not a gamer, but I've been able to find free equivilants for just about everything else on ubuntu.