# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1248187776 0
# Node ID d66fb2315dc00c56022657aed3aac8e1a02f9436
# Parent  4bb394828f1e52bfd0cc6ad392a965e79938e809
* glossary.texi (GNU, Daemon): Update information.

diff -r 4bb394828f1e -r d66fb2315dc0 doc/emacs/ChangeLog
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Tue Jul 21 14:40:33 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Tue Jul 21 14:49:36 2009 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-07-21  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+	* glossary.texi (GNU, Daemon): Update information.
+
 2009-07-19  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
 	* custom.texi (Specifying File Variables, Safe File Variables):
diff -r 4bb394828f1e -r d66fb2315dc0 doc/emacs/glossary.texi
--- a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi	Tue Jul 21 14:40:33 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi	Tue Jul 21 14:49:36 2009 +0000
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
 See `killing' and `yanking.'
 
 @item Daemon
-A daemon is a standard term for a Unix process that runs in the
+A daemon is a standard term for a system-level process that runs in the
 background.  Daemons are often started when the system first starts up.
 When Emacs runs in daemon-mode, it runs in the background and does not
 open a display.  You can then connect to it with the
@@ -585,9 +585,10 @@
 @xref{Variables}.
 
 @item GNU
-GNU is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix.  The GNU project aims
-to develop a complete operating system that is free software (q.v.@:).
-@xref{Manifesto}.  For more information, see
+GNU is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix, and it refers to a
+Unix-compatible operating system which is free software (q.v.@:).
+@xref{Manifesto}.  GNU is normally used with Linux as the kernel since
+Linux works better than the GNU kernel.  For more information, see
 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, the GNU website}.
 
 @item Graphic Character