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.
>
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