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Stallman is not the brightest. He could have easily suggested to call it "nux" written as "gnux". It has "GNU", it has the second syllable of "Linux", but most
by ComradePhil 5y ago
Stallman is not the brightest. He could have easily suggested to call it "nux" written as "gnux". It has "GNU", it has the second syllable of "Linux", but most importantly, it brings it down to one syllable... and is cool.
Instead, he tried to butcher a cool name that "Linux" is by adding capitalized "GNU" and a freaking slash. Why would anyone do that when saying and writing "Linux" serves the same... and if you have to refer to the kernel, you can say "the Linux kernel" or just "Linux" when the context lets you.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- parski 5y agoThat's actually pretty great.
- rekado 5y agoFrom "Free as in Freedom", page 151: > At first, Stallman proposed the term > “Lignux” – combining the names Linux and GNU – but the initial > reaction was very negative, and this convinced Stallman to go with > the longer but less criticized GNU/Linux.
- Gigachad 5y agoI searched this term and found a 1996 email from Linus saying how much he dislikes the term Lignux https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.misc/c/Cm15HxjDGRs/m/su3OHyLUgXcJ https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.misc/c/Cm15HxjDGRs...
- lodi 5y agoHmm, "Lignux" is actually pretty clever.