Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder
by awill on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:45PM
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I guess we found Richard Stallman's hacker news account.
Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder
by sabas_ge on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:08PM
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It's part of the notorious copypasta https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Interjection
Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder
by anonunivgrad on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:36PM
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I literally spat my coffee out. Thanks for the laugh.
Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder
by na85 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:50PM
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I'm so tired of this drivel.
It's called Linux because GNU is awful at naming things. The name "Gahnoo" is too awkward to pronounce and "Gahnoo plus Linux" is too long.
People shorten names for convenience. Deal with it or come up with a better name than GNU.
Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder
by boomboomsubban on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:00PM
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First, obvious troll is obvious. Second, complaining that the "GNU" part is awkward to pronounce when it's a regular English word unlike Linux amuses me. Linus Unix to Linux will forever haunt free software.
Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder
by _hyn3 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:58PM
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Right, infamous copypasta... forgive the pedantry, but the English word "gnu" (referring to the mammal) is pronounced "noo", while the non-English word "GNU" is pronounced "gah-noo"[0], as OP correctly pointed out.
Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder
by boomboomsubban on Thursday December 17, 2020 @12:07AM
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My mistake, my memory of learning about gnus was so long ago it has been distorted by GNU.
Re:Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder
by throwawaygulf on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:10PM
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I'm confused why everyone is complaining about the "Rocky" part, which is a nice tribute and sounds pretty decent, when the actual problem is the "Linux" part. It should really be called "Rocky GNU/Linux", or "Rocky GNU+Linux", because the Linux kernel is only one component of a complete GNU-based operating system compatible with the POSIX standard.