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by brendyn 2585 days ago
You've presented yourself as a great example of the unfortunate misunderstanding that has come from people mistakenly calling GNU+Linux distributions Linux distributions. You were not able to recognize that this was a GNU distribution when then they called it GNU, until they mentioned Linux which is one thing Guix distributes. Then you suddenly (mis)understood what it was, and proceeded to blame the author for confusing you by speaking correctly instead of sharing the same misunderstanding.
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Sure, I knew exactly what I was doing by daring to use the popular parlance rather than the GNU/preferred nomenclature. Being labelled as "unfortunate" is certainly the least that I deserve for that transgression.

However, at no point did I blame anybody. Everybody here probably has very good reasons for doing what they do. The parent comment asked "what part of the above portions of copy fail to convey what Guix is?", and rather than equivocating around that profound mystery, I answered truthfully.

It's however perfectly acceptable to dismiss me and my comment and assert that there is nothing wrong with that website copy. For example, it may be doing a great job of self-selecting and separating the enlightened from the casuals.