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Right, which is why something with an offensive name like git could never take off. Anyways, HURD's biggest problems are performance and perennially missing im
by yjftsjthsd-h 3mo ago
Right, which is why something with an offensive name like git could never take off.
Anyways, HURD's biggest problems are performance and perennially missing important features (2026 and no USB support)
- antonvs 3mo agoHardly any Americans would recognize “git” as an offensive word. That would not have been a barrier to adoption in the largest single software market in the world. I grew up in one of the other ex-British colonies and we didn’t use “git” either. It’s a pretty localized word. Apparently it only came to prominence after the empire was already collapsing, so didn’t spread much.
- ButlerianJihad 3mo agoMonty Python's Flying Circus spread it far and wide in the English-speaking world. Was there any insult that Monty Python didn't use? Some of their gags literally involved opening up the thesaurus and reciting an entry. Most of their sketches involved hurling insults at one another. It was a Petri Dish of British slang!