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

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[-] dontsayaword@piefed.social 285 points 1 month ago

and the g in gnu stands for gnu

[-] Klear@quokk.au 103 points 1 month ago

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

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

gnuplestiltskin

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[-] marcos@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Following the modern C conventions, the text following the series of (gnu) doesn't matter and you can write anything you want there.

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[-] logi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month 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 68 points 1 month ago

Fun fact: The K in GNU stands for Kernel.

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 18 points 1 month ago

KNURD

[-] entwine@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago

gotem

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[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 month ago

Then what does the g in gnu stand for?

[-] Zink@programming.dev 102 points 1 month ago

you're not gonna believe this...

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 month ago

I’ve got g’news for you…

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[-] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 month ago

I think this is sarcasm, but just in case it isn't... GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix".

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[-] mech@feddit.org 22 points 1 month ago

Gary

[-] cypherix93@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

as in the inventor of chess, THE Gary Chess?

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[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

Yeah, they missed the best part.

GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix, which is a recursive acronym. And, when pronounced properly (like the animal) the G is silent. The entire Linux ecosystem has words that start with G based on an acronym where G essentially comes from nowhere, and isn't actually pronounced.

[-] rocnat@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Well, I dont wanna start a debate, but the official website of GNU indicate that the "g" in GNU isn't silent.

So it depends on whether you want to pronounce it "properly" or as it was intended.

The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix!”; it is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g, like “grew” but with the letter n instead of r.

https://www.gnu.org/gnu/pronunciation.en.html

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[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 104 points 1 month ago

Is it pronounced gnu or jnu?

[-] slothrop@lemmy.ca 98 points 1 month ago

Are you gnu here?

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 month ago

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

[-] slothrop@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago

Yer such a wildebeest!

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[-] Damage@feddit.it 12 points 1 month ago

You must have jift for that

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[-] Klear@quokk.au 19 points 1 month ago

You can easily answer this for yourself by looking up what the G stands for.

Wait...

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[-] kubica@fedia.io 67 points 1 month ago

A topic with a a lot of gnuances.

[-] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago

Does the g in gspot also stand for gnu?

[-] 3abas@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago

Believe it or not, yes.

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[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 16 points 1 month ago

it actually stands for garam masala

[-] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 65 points 1 month ago

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago

gnusnotuniximagemanipulationtoolkitlibraryobject

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[-] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month 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?

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

I once tried to play "PHP" in Scrabble and argued that it should be infinite points.

The opponent didn't agree.

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[-] cogman@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

As a younger teen trying to get starcraft running on my linux box, my parents were definitely upset when they saw me browsing "winehq". They thought I was trying to get booze shipped to our house :D

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[-] raman_klogius@ani.social 34 points 1 month ago

Things to do on Christmas:

Unwrap gifts ❌
Unwrap acronyms ✔️

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

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

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

Jraphics

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[-] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 month 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.

[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 28 points 1 month ago

I remember a time when almost every category of tool had something named "Yet Another [Thing]" because there were already so many options to choose from when they decided to make their own.

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

Gnus and gnomes can break my bones?

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[-] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

Never thought about it and I'm gonna go back to not thinking about it

[-] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

You've been gnomed meme

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

Opportunity missed in not calling it GnObject.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Also glibc

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

Banger title

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

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

[-] who@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago

Global, and Linus.

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[-] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

gobject [Gobject]

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[-] Kojichan@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

As a former Windows user, it still is taking a long time to wrap my head around all this new terminology, functions, and systems.

This doesn't help. XD

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago

unless you absolutely must, don't think about it

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