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I'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
by na85 6y ago
I'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/