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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)
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[โ€“] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago (7 children)

I.......I lost track of what just happened. G stands for......something, I imagine.

[โ€“] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 6 days ago

Well it kind of stands for nothing, because at the center of this onion is GNU, which is recursive. It stands for "GNU's Not UNIX", so the G in GNU stands for GNU.

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