Talk:Linux (operating system)

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Article status	Developed article: complete or nearly so
Underlinked article?	Yes
Basic cleanup done?	Yes
Checklist last edited by	--Eric M Gearhart 18:00, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

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Linux talk archives

Archive 1, 4-9-07: Talk:Linux/Archive1

Archive 2, 4-11-07: Talk:Linux/Archive2

Call for Approval

Per CZ:Approval_Process, as an author who has contributed significantly to this article (among others) I am requesting this article be submitted to the Approval process by an editor. --Eric M Gearhart 18:00, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

reorg of old sections, new sections needed

Here's some suggestions for where else to take this article. I reorged the old ones into two simpler sections, Origins and Applications. What I think would help, now, would be a section on Linux' successes and failures in the marketplace...I have now moved the long summary that used to be here into the article itself.Pat Palmer 22:16, 9 April 2007 (CDT)

Which is correct?

Is it Linux' or Linux's? Do any of you know which is technically correct?

As far as I know it would be Linux's, because although the name ends in an 'S' sound it's not actually an 'S'.

Compare with Alex' versus Alex's --Eric M Gearhart 15:03, 9 April 2007 (CDT)

GNU/Linux

Do you guys think the GNU/Linux controversy is notable enough to have its own article? --Joshua David Williams 22:36, 9 April 2007 (CDT)

I wouldn't break that out at this time (unless this article becomes too big). I think it's pretty well covered out on the larger world wide web. However, if it really turns you on, perhaps you should go for it.Pat Palmer 23:00, 9 April 2007 (CDT)

The history of the open source community is really my niche. I might have a go at it after I've finished the Tux article. Right now I'm having a bit of a hard time finding the correct chronological order for that one. --Joshua David Williams 23:02, 9 April 2007 (CDT)

Kernel type

Shouldn't microkernel and monolithic kernel both redirect to Monolithic versus Microkernel? --Joshua David Williams 13:36, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

I'll take this silence as a "yes". If not, feel free to change the redirection pages. --Joshua David Williams 19:26, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

Done?

Are you sure we're ready for the #1 status? Compare the information we have to the Wikipedia article. --Joshua David Williams 19:49, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

I would leave it at 2 for now. I'm not done with this article.Pat Palmer 20:11, 11 April 2007 (CDT)