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Wait, what French naming?

• seszett 4y ago
  I don't know if it was intended, but "système D" in French means hacking together something with whatever you have available. D meaning "démerde" (literally getting out of shit or a shitty situation) or "débrouille" depending on the language registry you want. It's a rather common expression.
  • justsomehnguy 4y ago
    Funny tidbit, sure. Basically "[made] from shit and sticks".
  • dark-star 4y ago
    ah, that makes sense, thanks for the explanation.
• mekoka 4y ago
  "e" following "d" in the alphabet, the successor to systemd would be called "systeme", which is the french translation (système) for "system".
  • dark-star 4y ago
    Thanks, but I was refering to the "...in keeping with the French naming" part, as if systemd previously had a french name or something
    • gorgoiler 4y ago
      “[The] name is suitably reminiscent of the French term "système D", an expression that relates to thinking on your feet and describes high-speed technical problem-solving abilities such as those displayed by TV action hero MacGyver.” — Poettering, Sievers and Leemhuis, the Systemd authors, in http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Control-Centre-The-systemd-Linux-init-system-1565543.html http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Control-Centre-The-sys...
      • dark-star 4y ago
        Interesting. However, the link they provide as reference where apparently "The developers thought that its name is suitably reminiscent of the French term système D" does not have this term anywhere. My guess is this was just made up by a 3rd party (h-online in this case) and everyone just went with it? I have that c't magazine they're referring to somewhere, I'll look it up there