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   Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 16:11:58 JST Bernie

   I still have this 2008 PC motherboard. The ASUS P5K was a popular Intel P35 mobo for Core 2 Duo processors.
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_P35
   #retrocomputing

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     Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 16:11:55 JST Bernie

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     • 翠星石

     @Suiseiseki Perhaps it's a GNU system when it uses glibc...

     Would this make Alpine Linux a musl/Linux system? But it's still able to load binaries compiled against glibc...

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 16:11:55 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     aren't these all Unix systems, even though no Unix code made to them?
     why do some people seem so determined to find excuses to write GNU out of history and deny its role and fundamental influence in the systems they use? :-(
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     Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 16:11:56 JST Bernie

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     @Suiseiseki Every year, the relative share of GNU code in Linux distros seems to go down... at what point are we going to drop the GNU prefix?

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     Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 16:11:57 JST Bernie

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     Inside the box, I find an even older Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 from 2006.

     All these motherboards have been running Linux exclusively. At my home, "the year of Linux on the desktop" had already happened in the mid 90s :linux:
     #retrocomputing #linux

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 16:11:57 JST 翠星石

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     @codewiz It will never be "the year of Linux on the desktop", as Linux is only a kernel and doesn't operate on its own.
     
     The year of the GNU/Linux desktop was 1995 or so.
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     Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 06:44:32 JST Bernie

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     • Alexandre Oliva

     @lxo Before #Linux, I've been using #GNU software on Solaris, NetBSD and AmigaOS (GeekGadgets).

     I'm very grateful to the GNU project and I think it was a critical part of the free software ecosystem, but... 1/

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     Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 06:44:32 JST Bernie

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     • Alexandre Oliva

     ...I don't buy the story that GNU built an operating system called GNU/Linux.

     GNU provided great replacements for UNIX components that early distributors such as Slackware, Debian and Red Hat integrated with other packages to create a coherent Linux system.

     GNU still plays a crucial role in modern Linux distros, but it's being diluted by tons of non-GNU software at all levels of the Linux stack.
     @lxo 2/

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 06:44:32 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     your claim that there's less GNU in GNU/Linux seems to downplay (not realize?) the fact that every piece of free and not-so-free software that grew out of GNU and later GNU/Linux, even while reneging its ancestry, is GNU offspring. even GNU detractors were set in motion by our movement. if you wish to help our movement, please don't downplay it, but celebrate the extent, rich diversity and reach of our efforts and influence, so that it can grow further. the best leaders are not those who seek to take and control all of the action, but those who share their motives and empower others to carry it out further. the reference point is important for orientation, to not lose sight of the mission, but the breadth of reach and efforts is another essential component to bring about the changes our movement seeks to promote.