On Friday 23 December 2011 18:58:46 Mike Austin wrote:
> Fortunately the several members of this LUG who have already joined
> understand my intent.
I'm sure that everyone did. Pedantry is just that, but most pedants know
perfectly well what other people actually mean. And it is sometimes
possible - and very gratifying - to turn the tables on a pedant. But you
probably need to be a pedant yourself to do that successfully!!
For better or for worse, people use "Linux" to mean a whole distribution. One
cannot hold back the tide of linguistic shift. One may, if one wishes,
deride it - but one cannot hold it back.
Oh - and there are also Linux Questions, Linux Magazine, Linux User Groups
etc. You are in good company.
Lisi
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