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Can someone explain to me why people get upset about it being referred to as gnu+Linux or gnu/Linux? I'm not the most techy person, so maybe I'm missing something obvious, but like, objectively, isn't it just as much gnu code as Linux?
Again, not super techy, so please explain it to me like I'm the average Facebook aunt.
It's the same reason why people argue about how to pronounce GIF. People get used to doing things one way and they don't want to change.
When I learned that the creator of GIF pronounces it as JIF my world was turned upside down.