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nobody is saying that linux distros that don't have the gnu core utils needs to be called GNU/Linux
And nobody is saying that they do. But there are plenty of people who are unaware that non-GNU Linuxes exist.
But there are plenty of people who are unaware that ~~non-~~ GNU ~~Linuxes~~ exist.
And plenty who don’t know you can GNU without Linux.
After 33 years of development, GNU/Hurd still may not be ready for production use, but it’s not quite dead 💀 🦜
So there's still hope for StarCitizen.
Ofc if they dont know GNU 😆