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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)
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[โ€“] whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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".