[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Off Topic: Picture of GNU and Linux at netgod.net



i checked the site out, so why did they call it Debian GNU/Linux anyway, what does the GNU mean ? ... isnt that an acronym or something ?

>It is not a cow it is a gnu.
>
>From: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
>
>Main Entry: gnu
>Pronunciation: 'nü also 'nyü
>Function: noun
>Inflected Form(s): plural gnu or gnus
>Etymology: Khoikhoi t'gnu
>Date: 1777
>: either of two large African antelopes (Connochaetes gnou and
>C. taurinus) with a head like that of an ox, short mane, long
>tail, and horns in both sexes that curve downward and outward
>
>And I couldn't get to the site either.  Just keep trying I am sure it
>will be up soon.
>
>--
>Brian
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>"Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes,
> because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes."
>							   - unknown
>
>Mechanical Engineering                              servis@purdue.edu
>Purdue University                   http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>--
>Unsubscribe?  mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null


Reply to: