weastie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIronically, people making fun of the "Gnu/Linux" copypasta is probably one of the main ways people know what Gnu ismessage-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down111
arrow-up1236arrow-down1message-squareIronically, people making fun of the "Gnu/Linux" copypasta is probably one of the main ways people know what Gnu isweastie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 months agoI know GNU because it’s a recursive acronym.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 months agoNo one can really know what GNU stands for unless they can perform an infinite recursion in constant time.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoGNU isn’t entirely infinite though. After unpacking GNU is Not Unix 10^45 times, you actually find out what the final G is for.
minus-squareBootLoop@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoI actually wrote a script to figure out what the last G stands for. The last G stsnds for “RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded”. Pretty weird.
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThis is why it really should have been called “NNU”, that would work perfectly.
minus-squareBootLoop@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoI like using the GNU’s Not Unix Image Manipulation Program ToolKit when I make GUIs.
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAh, so a GUI is in fact a GNU User Interface ?
minus-squareBootLoop@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI think we should call them Gnuser Interfaces and shorten it to GI. Gnome systems only.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoyeah, but what does GNU stand for?
minus-squareBootLoop@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoGNU’s Not Unix. See my comment here to see what the GNU part stands for: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/18917548
minus-squarenagaram@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoFrom your user name to the link joke. This is a real master piece
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agodeleted by creator
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoHave you ever used the GNU’s Not Unix Image Manipulation Program ToolKit America Online Instant Messenger?
I know GNU because it’s a recursive acronym.
The real Linux fork bomb
No one can really know what GNU stands for unless they can perform an infinite recursion in constant time.
GNU isn’t entirely infinite though. After unpacking GNU is Not Unix 10^45 times, you actually find out what the final G is for.
I actually wrote a script to figure out what the last G stands for. The last G stsnds for “RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded”. Pretty weird.
NaN’s not UNIX
This is why it really should have been called “NNU”, that would work perfectly.
I like using the GNU’s Not Unix Image Manipulation Program ToolKit when I make GUIs.
Ah, so a GUI is in fact a GNU User Interface ?
I think we should call them Gnuser Interfaces and shorten it to GI. Gnome systems only.
*GNU is my pepper
yeah, but what does GNU stand for?
GNU’s Not Unix.
See my comment here to see what the GNU part stands for: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/18917548
From your user name to the link joke.
This is a real master piece
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Have you ever used the GNU’s Not Unix Image Manipulation Program ToolKit America Online Instant Messenger?