An article on segfault confirms what many of us were worried about when Stallman started insisting that linux be called GNU/Linux. Read ahead:

GNU/Linux name row starts up again

Following a recent reaffirmation of Richard Stallman's that Linux-based operating systems make note of the fact that a large proportion of their software is GNU software, by changing their names to 'GNU/Linux', many other notable software groups have made their feelings known on the subject.

One notable Linux distributer has reported that, of its entire distribution, the Linux kernel makes up 3% and GNU software 30%. The missing 67% has recently been addressed.

XFree86 has requested that its name be tagged onto the end of the operating system name, and Wine, Perl, Berkeley, Gimp, Mesa, Python, Apache, Sendmail, Bind and Tcl have all made similar requests.

All distributions using the name GNU/Linux had no moral choice but to oblige, and become Wine/Perl/BSD/Gimp/Mesa/Python/Apache/Sendmail/Bind/Tcl/GNU/Linux - or WPBSMPASBTGL (pronounced 'Linux') for short.

Red Hat, on the other hand, is considering changing the name of its Linux distribution to `ls -R /` (pronounced 'Lisa Slash'). This would avoid any future changes in name, since Bash performs the backticks expansion by executing "ls -R /" and replacing the command substitution with the standard output of the command, with any trailing newlines deleted, and the -R switch to 'ls' lists files in directories recursively, thus producing a list of all files on the machine.

Other Linux and Unix vendors are reportedly considering similar name changes, and Microsoft Corporation has decided to change the names of all future releases of its Windows line of operating systems to "Click on the Start button. Move to 'Find'. Click on 'Files or Folders'. A 'Find' window should pop up. Enter '*.*' in the 'Named' field. Select 'My Computer' from the drop-down 'Look in' menu. Click 'Find Now'. Please wait, this may take a few minutes." Microsoft decided against the name "dir c:*.* /s" because "it would be too complicated for the average Windows user."