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rekado on March 30, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: It is correct to refer to GNU/Linux as GNU/Linux

From "Free as in Freedom", page 151:

  > At first, Stallman proposed the term
  > “Lignux” – combining the names Linux and GNU – but the initial
  > reaction was very negative, and this convinced Stallman to go with
  > the longer but less criticized GNU/Linux.

Gigachad on March 30, 2022 | [–]

I searched this term and found a 1996 email from Linus saying how much he dislikes the term Lignux

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.misc/c/Cm15HxjDGRs...

lodi on April 1, 2022 | [–]

Hmm, "Lignux" is actually pretty clever.

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