Thanks (and apologies) to the numerous people both here and on
digg who correctly pointed out that Ubuntu 8.04 (as in, 2008-04) is scheduled for April, not June. (Though, you never know ... they could pull another Dapper (6.06) and push it back :-P.) I have corrected this mistake.
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Originally Posted by sadiewopen
Secondly - GNU/linux is not based off unix. if it was based off unix it wouldn't be free.
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The semantics of the phrasing leave it kind of ambiguous. As you point out, Linux is not "based off unix" in the sense that it's a fork, or derived from unix code. However, it was designed to be a unix-compatible system, and follows many unix design principles, so in that sense, it very much is "based off unix." If the former was the case, I believe the statement would be that "Linux is a unix," which is untrue. I've added a parenthetical note to the article for clarification.
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Originally Posted by udha
Just a small correction that I believe you should rectify early in the piece is that the Operating System is called GNU/Linux known more commonly as Linux[...]
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Indeed. I've corrected this as well. Thanks for the note.