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Re:Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust by Zhyl on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @05:58AM (#28455060)
I think using a 'lib' prefix to mean 'libre' is potentially misleading when 'lib' is normally used to denote that the project is a library.
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Re:Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust by fogof on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @06:27AM (#28455225)
But in this case, we get "Libre"ddit, right in the name. The wordplay is irresistible!
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Re:Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust by Zhyl on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @07:21AM (#28455514)
I think it shows how ingrained the pattern is to me that I didn't even spot that.
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Re:Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust by kilnr on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @06:49AM (#28455356)
I always read libreboot as "lib reboot".
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Re:Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust by circularfoyers on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @07:23AM (#28455520)
The amount of times I've mispronounced a project name in real life...
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