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"Thinking back to early CentOS days... My cofounder was Rocky McGaugh. He is no longer with us, so as a H/T to him, who never got to see the success that CentOS
by varbhat 6y ago
"Thinking back to early CentOS days... My cofounder was Rocky McGaugh. He is no longer with us, so as a H/T to him, who never got to see the success that CentOS came to be, I introduce to you...Rocky Linux"
— Gregory Kurtzer, Founder of Rocky Linux and Co-founder of CentOS
It's written in Repo's README
- asutekku 6y agoNo matter how good the intentions are, the name is pretty bad.
- bigbubba 6y agoThat is your subjective opinion, one lots of people in this thread happen to disagree with.
- phoronixrly 6y agoThey should rename it to something like zpermutator.io GNU/Linux. I swear, this thread is peak HN with this name bikeshedding.
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