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Old 06-28-2008
Do You Know?

Does anybody know what the "G" in "GNU" means and the "K" in "KDE" means? Thanks.
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Old 06-28-2008
Wikipedia is your friend:

GNU Project

KDE
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Old 06-28-2008
GNU==GNU's not unix
KDE=KDE Display manager
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Old 06-28-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by robotronic
Wikipedia is your friend:

GNU Project

KDE
Sir,

Thanks for the info. I have actually visited these places and did not find the answer that's why I went back here.
GNU - GNU Not Unix is the normal thing that I read, while K Desktop environment is for KDE.
I'm just curious at the real meaning. I wish somebody here really knows it.
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Old 06-29-2008
The GNU is very simple.

Lisp is a programming language in which recursive logic is very common. Richard Stallman was/is a lisp programmer. The naming is a lisp programmer's play on words, using recursive logic. The G doesn't actually stand for anything and is self referential (and thus recursive). It's a simple as that.

The logic of KDE is a little different, KDE was simply chosen because in many languages K and C are pronounced the same way. This time it's a play on sound. There is nothing more to it than that.
 
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