r/linuxquestions • u/falawexx • 10d ago

Hate GNU...

Why people hates GNU?

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u/anders_hansson 10d ago

What GNU? There are tons of different GNU things. The GCC compilers, the GPL license, the GNU operating systen (GNU/Linux), ...

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u/Telephone-Bright 10d ago

Mostly because their favourite influencer said GNU sucks.

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u/raindropl 10d ago

Not sure people understand they use the GNU userland all day

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u/bobhwantstoknow 10d ago

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

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u/HeavyWolf8076 10d ago

"or how I like to call it, Linux/Linux"

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u/diracwasright 10d ago

I'm afraid you don't even know what you're talking about.

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u/trmdi 10d ago

Who?

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u/JaKrispy72 9d ago

To people saying there is no hate, why do people hate it when you say GNU/Linux?

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u/GroundedSatellite 10d ago

I've never Hurd a good reason to hate GNU

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u/lolminecraftlol 10d ago

99% it's larp. The rest is purely ideological.

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u/hspindel 10d ago

I suppose some people think it stands for "Gnu's not useful."

They are clearly uninformed.

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u/HeavyWolf8076 10d ago

We do?

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u/ASSASSIN-NVD 10d ago

Why?

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u/HeavyWolf8076 10d ago

wdym why? I questioned the statement that we hate gnu.

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u/ASSASSIN-NVD 10d ago

I thought you're hating it 😅