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Free software has some glib naming conventions (infosec.pub)
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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Oh gnu, where the g stands for gnu

[–] art@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The G is silent.

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

You've been gnomed meme

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gnus and gnomes can break my bones?

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[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

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

[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 266 points 2 days ago (9 children)

and the g in gnu stands for gnu

[–] Klear@quokk.au 94 points 2 days ago (5 children)

So if I'm getting it right, gobject is short for gnugnu(...)gnuimptklibobject.

[–] logi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days 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.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 63 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Fun fact: The K in GNU stands for Kernel.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

GNU does have a kernel though

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago

Did make me actually laugh.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 52 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Then what does the g in gnu stand for?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 94 points 2 days ago (1 children)

you're not gonna believe this...

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’ve got g’news for you…

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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

manblinking.gif

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Opportunity missed in not calling it GnObject.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day 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)

[–] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 66 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Does the g in gspot also stand for gnu?

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Believe it or not, yes.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day 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.

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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 35 points 2 days ago

Things to do on Christmas:

  • Unwrap gifts ❌
  • Unwrap acronyms ✔️
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ah a cursed dialect of lisp that's inversed.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 days 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.

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The gnu in gnu stands for Wildebeest

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 100 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Is it pronounced gnu or jnu?

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 95 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Are you gnu here?

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Jnu enough to stoke an ancient flame war for my personal entertainment.

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[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 62 points 2 days ago (2 children)

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

[–] regdog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

thank you

i expected this sooner xD

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[–] kubica@fedia.io 61 points 2 days ago

A topic with a a lot of gnuances.

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 14 points 2 days ago

Banger title

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (7 children)

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 49 points 2 days ago (2 children)

gnusnotuniximagemanipulationtoolkitlibraryobject

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Just a regular German word. Please keep walking, nothing to see here.

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[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 32 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I wish we knew some new gnu jokes.

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh so what's g in grep and git stand for?

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Grep is g/re/p. Global, Regular Expression, Print.

[–] who@feddit.org 14 points 2 days ago

Global, and Linus.

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