Category talk:Linux software

message: Ugh, most of this stuff shouldn't be here because it's cross-platform and has nothing to do with Linux (the kernel) in particular. In fact, this category probably shouldn't even exist (or at least should be renamed). —Keenan Pepper 14:43, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Category Name

message: I propose this all items in this category, and subcategories be moved to an equivalent Unix version.  For instance, all items in "Linux text editors" be moved to "Unix text editors."  It is my belief that no software under this category is Linux specific and is available for most common Unix systems.  Therefore, this category should not exist. -Howardjp 16:02, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, Linux web browsers was moved to POSIX web browsers, maybe renaming this category and it's included ones to :s/Linux/POSIX/g.  65.94.50.171 23:48, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horribly misnamed categories 

message: Today this category was deleted from the article ScummVM. It is just so STUPID when the article is, however, in the Mac OSX, Windows, etc. categories! Why can't there be a Linux category? Because the category is misused?! In that case let's just stop misusing the category!--Wormsie 20:11, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing this category is absurd 

message: Is the decision to delete all entries from this cat, and then restore only those are are truly Linux-only? That makes sense, and seems to be implied by the discussion, but I want to be sure. Meanwhile, I've restored ShowEQ, which was in fact Linux-only (though there was a seperate project that ported the ShowEQ codebase to Windows, the ShowEQ project remained Linux-only and was never ported to other POSIX platforms). -Harmil 21:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a note on this, BTW: there were only 4 people that commented on the CFD... that seems a bit light for any kind of consensus, and while I agree that most of the entries here were probably not Linux specific enough for this categorization to be meaningful, it seems odd to have removed all of them. -Harmil 21:17, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:   Four people commented on the CfD but only one voted for Delete. I did some searching and here is the discussion for reference: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_January_20#Category:Linux_software. I had no idea this CfD was even occurring until after it was over. Silly me, now I watch categories too. (Requestion 20:59, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Writing software which _ONLY_ runs on GNU/Linux and not on any other POSIX platform is nearly impossible, if this list should only contain "truly Linux-only" applications then it will be a very short (and obselete?) list... Carpetsmoker 03:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  What category name do you suggest? "Unix software", "POSIX software", or something else?  The Microsoft and Macintosh categories don't seem to suffer from this sort of GNU/infighting. Also being included in this category didn't mean _ONLY_. Why can't a program be in multiple categories? (Requestion 03:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Let me understand the CFD... 

message: This category was hastily deleted after a brief discussion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_January_20#Category:Linux_software without anything on the talk page. I know there is some debate over the naming of this category but that should not be a reason for deleting it. You can view my talk page (User_talk:Benjaminevans82) and the talk page of >Radiant< (who is the guy who authorized the deletion of the category) for a discussion regarding the Linux software category. The category was deleted then reinstated after discussion. Please do not delete this category as it is regularly used by linux enthusiasts. --Benjaminevans82 16:00, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't blame Radiant for the deletion.  I don't like the fact that this category was deleted but it looks like Radiant chose the correct consensus. If you want to blame somebody then blame the individual that cast the Delete opinion because that opinion was the deciding factor and it was cast in bad faith. At first I WP:AGF in respect to Gronky's actions but then I had more encounters with Gronky and it became obvious that this user had a hidden agenda that revolved around a Free Software universe with the goal to transform this place into the GNU/Wikipedia. Don't get me wrong, I use Linux, I love Free Software, and I love the GFDL but I will not let my Wikipedia become GNUified. For starters, such a mindset violates WP:NPOV. (Requestion 19:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Do Not Delete this category

message: I have a problem with this category being under the Linux cat.
The linux is under free software and that puts all this non free software under free software indirectly.
We should remove the linux cat from this cat so that it is not indirectly under free software.
thanks,
James Michael DuPont (talk) 23:03, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is under free software