Re: Off Topic: Picture of GNU and Linux at netgod.net
On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 03:29:03AM +0800, chadi@cebu.pworld.net.ph wrote:
> 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 ?
Ordinarily, a gnu is a large animal, also known as a wildebeest,
AFAIK. In computerese, GNU is an acronym for 'GNU's Not Unix'.
Next time, do not blind-carbon-copy the list. It breaks my
reply-to-list system.
Antti-Juhani
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