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Old November 26th, 2007   #1
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Doesn't the name "linux" suck for an OS?
With no disrespect to Linus Torvalds, but I can't imagine the whole of humanity running machines with an OS named "linux", no matter how great the OS is. Can you imagine humanity spending the rest of its history using an OS named "linux"? A lot of people can't even say the word properly.

Can't we rename it to something cooler, or at least, sounds more formal? I'd be happy if we just borrow the "Unix" name.
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Old November 26th, 2007   #2
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Re: Doesn't the name "linux" suck for an OS?
And I thought it was the name of a kernel!!
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Old December 7th, 2007   #3
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And I thought it was the name of a kernel!!
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Old December 7th, 2007   #4
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Boom shakalaka *snip*
i think that would be a cool name for OS ... a BOOM-SHAKALAKA OS
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and i thought it was the name of a kernel!!
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Old November 26th, 2007   #6
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Re: Doesn't the name "linux" suck for an OS?
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With no disrespect to Linus Torvalds, but I can't imagine the whole of humanity running machines with an OS named "linux", no matter how great the OS is. Can you imagine humanity spending the rest of its history using an OS named "linux"? A lot of people can't even say the word properly.

Can't we rename it to something cooler, or at least, sounds more formal? I'd be happy if we just borrow the "Unix" name.
you have a lot to learn.
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Old November 26th, 2007   #7
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Old November 26th, 2007   #8
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Name linux is nice
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Old November 26th, 2007   #9
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I like linux, but I think ubuntu is a horrible name.
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Old November 26th, 2007   #10
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I like linux, but I think ubuntu is a horrible name.
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