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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)

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[-] art@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

The G is silent.

[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 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

[-] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 4 points 22 hours 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)

[-] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 day ago

Gnus and gnomes can break my bones?

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

Opportunity missed in not calling it GnObject.

[-] dontsayaword@piefed.social 276 points 2 days ago

and the g in gnu stands for gnu

[-] Klear@quokk.au 98 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

gnuplestiltskin

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

All right, then. Keep your ~~secrets~~ baby.

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[-] mech@feddit.org 63 points 2 days ago

Fun fact: The K in GNU stands for Kernel.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago

Did make me actually laugh.

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[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 55 points 2 days ago

Then what does the g in gnu stand for?

[-] Zink@programming.dev 101 points 2 days ago

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

Does the g in gspot also stand for gnu?

[-] 3abas@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago

Believe it or not, yes.

[-] ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 points 11 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

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

[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 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.

[-] ghen@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago

Jraphics

[-] A7thStone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

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

Banger title

[-] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 65 points 2 days ago

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

[-] regdog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

[-] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 23 hours ago

thank you

i expected this sooner xD

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[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 103 points 2 days ago

Is it pronounced gnu or jnu?

[-] slothrop@lemmy.ca 97 points 2 days ago

Are you gnu here?

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 days ago

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

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

gnusnotuniximagemanipulationtoolkitlibraryobject