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    8 hours ago

    I really need these lore dumps for linux stuff because I will be highly confused at the names. Still can’t get over when I learned that GIMP is not just a perverted or derogatory name, but GNU Image Manipulation Program (and I had to look up what GNU meant too… which was named after a song about a gnu, aka wildebeest)

    i do love the personality of FOSS naming, but please give me a short tidbit about the etymology in the about page, or else I’ll be forced to do an hour long Wikipedia deep dive because I simply can’t help myself!