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I don't know how much of an oddity it is, but Linux is probably the most known FLOSS. OK Linus himself wanted to name it "freak" or something like that.
by psychoslave 2y ago
I don't know how much of an oddity it is, but Linux is probably the most known FLOSS. OK Linus himself wanted to name it "freak" or something like that.
- sjagoe 2y agoBut if I recall, it was not named that by Linus, but by the FTP administrator, who didn't like the name Linus chose.
- ronsor 2y agoThe FTP admin knew no one would be interested in a project named "Freax"
- SunlitCat 2y agoMeanwhile we have a graphics suite called gimp, a 3D model loading library called assimp and if someone calls for blender, you can't be sure if it's the kitchen utensil or the 3d creation suite. :)
- johnnyanmac 2y agoand a version control called Git. The old tech world was many things, but "politically correct" is far down that list. I'll be fair and note that Assimp pre-dated the modern vernacular of the obvious word that comes to mind and was actually reasonable (Open ASSet IMPort Libray).