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I'd just like to interject for a moment. I'm confused why everyone is complaining about the "Rocky" part, which is a nice tribute and sounds pretty decent, whe
by ignoranceprior 6y ago
I'd just like to interject for a moment.
I'm confused why everyone is complaining about the "Rocky" part, which is a nice tribute and sounds pretty decent, when the actual problem is the "Linux" part. It should really be called "Rocky GNU/Linux", or "Rocky GNU+Linux", because the Linux kernel is only one component of a complete GNU-based operating system compatible with the POSIX standard.
- awill 6y agoI guess we found Richard Stallman's hacker news account.
- sabas_ge 6y agoIt's part of the notorious copypasta https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Interjection https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Interjection
- na85 6y agoI'm so tired of this drivel. It's called Linux because GNU is awful at naming things. The name "Gahnoo" is too awkward to pronounce and "Gahnoo plus Linux" is too long. People shorten names for convenience. Deal with it or come up with a better name than GNU.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoFirst, obvious troll is obvious. Second, complaining that the "GNU" part is awkward to pronounce when it's a regular English word unlike Linux amuses me. Linus Unix to Linux will forever haunt free software.
- _hyn3 6y agoRight, infamous copypasta... forgive the pedantry, but the English word "gnu" (referring to the mammal) is pronounced "noo", while the non-English word "GNU" is pronounced "gah-noo"[0], as OP correctly pointed out. 0. https://www.gnu.org/gnu/pronunciation.en.html https://www.gnu.org/gnu/pronunciation.en.html
- boomboomsubban 6y agoMy mistake, my memory of learning about gnus was so long ago it has been distorted by GNU.
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- throwawaygulf 6y agoWhoosh! https://stallman-copypasta.github.io/ https://stallman-copypasta.github.io/
- anonunivgrad 6y agoI literally spat my coffee out. Thanks for the laugh.