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What does kbin mean? Why is kbin.social called that? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Is it just random letters arrived to by keyboard mashing like a lot of federated websites seem, or is there any thought behind it?

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[–] 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

I'd read somewhere that there's some sort of Linux programming reference in the name, but I don't know anything about Linux so I can't quite remember. Don't quote me on that, though

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    Linux has directories (folders) that contain programs. The two major conventions are /bin (short for binary which is another name for an executable program) and sbin (system/super user binaries).

    Kbin seems like a play off of that, don’t know what the k implies tho.

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