I can't wait for that exciting new era where #Pleroma gets coverage by news outlets and everyone says that Lain invented "The Pleroma Network", even though it's just the fediverse.
@deadsuperhero Well... in that sense Mastodon is kind of the "Ubuntu" of the 2000s for federated social networks. "I run Ubuntu" / "I'm on the Mastodon network". It's part of a larger thing, though most people know it by this one specific name, and most users don't necessarily know where the boundaries are. (And like Ubuntu, Mastodon has positively focused on having a good/easy user experience.)
Hard to blame journalists or users though... it frequently takes a deep dive to figure this out.
@clacke @deadsuperhero the linux kernel isn't the entire operating system either ;) You don't hear people calling Android "Linux"... most applications say "we support both Android *and* Linux".
But GNU/Linux is a confusing thing that requires more for people to learn
So what I'm saying is... naming things remains one of the hardest problems in computer science :)
@cwebber @clacke @deadsuperhero Furthermore I find choice paralysis between "distros" to be the number one reason people I know who have heard "Linux" not to use it. Or they simply don't want to try something new.
So it makes a big difference if I just recommend elementary OS or whatever they'd like better instead.
@cwebber @clacke @deadsuperhero My solution for this particular case: just avoid saying "Linux" or "GNU/Linux". An OS is an assemblage of lots of valuable software, and I don't see why I need to refer to one piece.
So to me it's "Debian", "Arch", "Ubuntu", & "Fedora"; not "Debian Linux", "Arch Linux", "Ubuntu Linux", & "Fedora Linux".
Also software installation is one of the biggest differentiators between these, so it'd be nice for there more clarity software is packaged for.