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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)

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[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 278 points 2 days ago (35 children)

and the g in gnu stands for gnu

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Yeah, they missed the best part.

GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix, which is a recursive acronym. And, when pronounced properly (like the animal) the G is silent. The entire Linux ecosystem has words that start with G based on an acronym where G essentially comes from nowhere, and isn't actually pronounced.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Noot noot mother fucker

[–] ZombieSenpai@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago

Gnoot gnoot

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