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Aug 08 2008

Linux is not a software manufacturer

Posted by: bigbolshevik in Permanent Articles

(Yeah, I remembered what I was going to say)

Lately I’ve been hearing people saying "Ubuntu" and "Linux" the wrong way around - they’ve been saying things like "I installed Linux Ubuntu yesterday" rather than "Ubuntu Linux".

At first I had no idea why they say it that way around, but I now know.

People think that Linux is the name of a software company, and that the company makes a product called Ubuntu. So they say it the same way as we’d say "Microsoft Windows".

It’s getting to epidemic proportions though - an Officeworks ad in the paper very positively advertised the Acer Aspire One, which comes preinstalled with Linux. Great, but it described the machine as having "Linux Linpus" preinstalled.

Linux is not a software company, it is an essential part of an operating system called GNU/Linux. If you’re talking about Ubuntu, either call it Ubuntu or call it Ubuntu Linux. I guess the easiest way of explaining it is that it’s the Ubuntu variety of Linux, just as you might describe something as a "Lounge Chair" or an "Office Chair". Lounge and Office are the varieties, and Chair is the general object. Well, Ubuntu and Linpus are the varieties, and Linux is the general operating system.

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  1. Karen says: March 25th, 2009 at 5:58 am

    Ha ha ha so true!! I was probably the worst offender of all (guilty guilty guilty :) Hey, I’m new to Linux, gmme break lol). But no more, u sir have set me straight! Lover ur blog.

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