Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : tenser
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Apr 21 2022 19:08:39

  Re: Re: Windows vs Linux
  By: tenser to Arelor on Fri Apr 22 2022 09:10 am

 > On 21 Apr 2022 at 02:15p, Arelor pondered and said...
 > 
 >  Ar>  >  Ar> I think the boot loader kicks in before so it would be still GN
 >  Ar>  >  Ar> (since Grub is a GNU product).
 > 
 >  Ar>  > Grub is not the only bootloader in the world. :-)
 > 
 >  Ar> No, but it is the most commonly used by big generalist desktop
 >  Ar> distributions, by far.
 > 
 > I suppose.  Regardless, Grub's existence does not automatically
 > mean, "GNU/Linux".  That's pure RMS propaganda.

BY pointdexer's logic, the existence of Grub is enough to turn a distribution
from Linux/GNU to GNU/Linux. I think you have not been tracking the joke :-)

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