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Re:Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Ch... by fggg444 on Sunday March 07, 2021 @07:55PM (#26381299)
it's recursive, the first "r" is from "the seven R's"
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Re:Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Ch... by dylan604 on Sunday March 07, 2021 @09:46PM (#26381871)
It's not GNU
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Re:Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Ch... by Razengan on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:26AM (#26382539)
What is GNU?
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Re:Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Ch... by Clewza313 on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:33AM (#26382576)
A recursive acronym of "GNU's Not Unix". (Seriously.)
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Re:Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Ch... by tim-- on Monday March 08, 2021 @02:38AM (#26383149)
But if it's not Unix, what is it?
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Re:Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Ch... by teddyh on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:39AM (#26383468)
GNU is a computer operating system compatible with Unix.
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