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Old 09-07-2003
GNU's Not Unix! - The Free Software Foundation

The GNU Project: http://www.gnu.org/

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The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system. (GNU is a recursive acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix''; it is pronounced "guh-NEW".) Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the kernel Linux, are now widely used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux'', they are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems.
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Old 09-07-2003
i still like saying "G - N - U" better than "GUHNEW"

Smilie
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Old 09-07-2003
Me too. Same for "GNOME".
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Old 09-22-2003
I don't understand where the G is derived from..
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Old 09-22-2003
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Originally posted by Synbios
I don't understand where the G is derived from..
Nothing is more tedious than attempting to explain a joke to someone who doesn't get it. No one can provide an answer that you will find satifactory.

Had you followed our rules and performed a search prior to asking a question, you would have found this thread.
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Old 10-24-2003
I also like to call it G N U

I also like to call it G N U!
Because it is easy for me to talk to others!Smilie
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Old 10-24-2003
Hmmm... maybe someone should write an FAQ on the proper pronunciation of common *nix terms; i.e.: is it lie-nix (like Torvalds himself says, and therefore what I follow), or linnucks (like almost everyone else I meet says)?
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