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> Why “Darling”? >The name Darling is a combination of “Darwin” and “Linux”. >Darwin is the core operating system OS X and iOS build on. If that's the case, w
by JustSomeNobody 10y ago
> Why “Darling”?
>The name Darling is a combination of “Darwin” and “Linux”. >Darwin is the core operating system OS X and iOS build on.
If that's the case, why not Darlin? But then, I'm southern so that's why it makes more sense to me.
- labrador 10y agoI was looking at emacs documentation the other day and thought that RMS is probably right that Linux should be called GNU/Linux. In that case, newcomers to this project might ask "What's GNU Darlin?
- cptskippy 10y agoWell since you're abbreviating you can abbreviate GNU futher to G and then change the order to get DarlinG.
- felipelemos 10y agoI think nowadays we should start to use the name SystemD/Linux
- cyborgx7 10y agoHow about poetteringOS ?
- Keyframe 10y agoGnu/Linux/Darwin == Gnarlin? Seriously though, i used to think GNU/Linux was just envy of linux' success, but Gnu basically IS OS without a kernel (Herd, where art thou?).
- marcoperaza 10y agoIf you're using a distribution like Alpine Linux, which uses musl libc and busybox en lieu of much of the GNU userspace, it's not really a GNU/Linux by any definition.
- tlrobinson 10y agoI feel like "Darlin" only sounds "cute" when said with a southern accent.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoYeah, me too. :)
- Lio 10y agoI think it sounds like something a "Cockney" market trader (played by someone who's not actually from London) would say in a 1970s Carry On film. "Orl right darlin' how's about some of these luverly toms? Luverly bag of toms for one pan ten"
- vacri 10y agoDarlin would be a better name anyway, as it's not a pre-existing word. I also think it sounds less 'cute' than 'darling'. You even have a rhyming animal for the logo for that...