minus-squarewhosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.workstoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•Free software has some glib naming conventionslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoMy guess for why they chose the letter g is that gnu can be phonetically the same as just nu, but keeps people from interpreting the name of the project as a dumb spelling of “new”. linkfedilink
minus-squarewhosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.workstoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•Free Software Foundation Turns 40, Unveils LibrePhonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIt’s good to question motives but in this case I get the feeling they’re the good guys. linkfedilink
My guess for why they chose the letter g is that gnu can be phonetically the same as just nu, but keeps people from interpreting the name of the project as a dumb spelling of “new”.