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[–] Kojichan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As a former Windows user, it still is taking a long time to wrap my head around all this new terminology, functions, and systems.

This doesn't help. XD

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

The W in Windows stands for worse, so good for you.

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[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Not to be confused with glibc. Where the g does actually stand for gnu.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

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

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 10 points 2 months ago

I thought it was called gnome because little gnomes go into your computer to draw the windows

[–] Jean_Mich_Much@jlai.lu 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So, what does the g in musl stand for ? Wait...

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[–] ninja@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

gnuimptklibobject

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] art@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The G is silent.

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