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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)
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[–] art@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

The G is silent.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

manblinking.gif

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

You've been gnomed meme

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

When I met rms, I said “gnoperating system” lmao

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gnus and gnomes can break my bones?

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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago

Reminds me of an old joke about how everything in KDE has a k and it's very annoyink and irrtitatink bekause they have less laks user interface kuidelines than GNOME. (I haven't checked, they've probably vastly improved since then)

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Opportunity missed in not calling it GnObject.

[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 276 points 2 days ago (11 children)

and the g in gnu stands for gnu

[–] Klear@quokk.au 98 points 2 days ago (6 children)

So if I'm getting it right, gobject is short for gnugnu(...)gnuimptklibobject.

[–] logi@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

It is front recursive so it's really "...is not unix is not unix is not unix is not unix image manipulation program tool kit object" and that first g doesn't exist.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 63 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Fun fact: The K in GNU stands for Kernel.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

Did make me actually laugh.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 55 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Then what does the g in gnu stand for?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 101 points 2 days ago (2 children)

you're not gonna believe this...

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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 35 points 1 day ago

Things to do on Christmas:

  • Unwrap gifts ❌
  • Unwrap acronyms ✔️
[–] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does the g in gspot also stand for gnu?

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Believe it or not, yes.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 points 13 hours ago

That is why large companies don't want you to find where it is. The application of proprietary condoms to GNU licensed body parts would taint them with gpl license.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 16 points 1 day ago

it actually stands for garam masala

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I.......I lost track of what just happened. G stands for......something, I imagine.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

(((gnu)imp)tk)lib)object)

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Ah a cursed dialect of lisp that's inversed.

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

The gnu in gnu stands for Wildebeest

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 day ago

Well it kind of stands for nothing, because at the center of this onion is GNU, which is recursive. It stands for "GNU's Not UNIX", so the G in GNU stands for GNU.

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 16 points 1 day ago

Banger title

[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 65 points 2 days ago (2 children)

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

[–] regdog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

thank you

i expected this sooner xD

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[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 103 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Is it pronounced gnu or jnu?

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 97 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Are you gnu here?

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Jnu enough to stoke an ancient flame war for my personal entertainment.

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[–] kubica@fedia.io 68 points 2 days ago

A topic with a a lot of gnuances.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago (7 children)

In case you were wondering the 'w' in 'wine' stands for 'wine', and the full acronym is 'Wine Is Not an Emulator'. What do you think the 'w' in 'Wine Is Not an Emulator' stands for?

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (2 children)

gnusnotuniximagemanipulationtoolkitlibraryobject

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago

Just a regular German word. Please keep walking, nothing to see here.

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[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I wish we knew some new gnu jokes.

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