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To: ThunderSleeps

"LINUX" is an acronym: Linux Is Not UniX

8 posted on 05/01/2021 6:56:00 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)

To: budj

Also, it is suggestive of the name of its creator, Linus Torvalds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

27 posted on 05/01/2021 8:46:50 AM PDT by PersonOfNo Consequence

To: budj

Also, it is suggestive of the name of its creator, Linus Torvalds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

28 posted on 05/01/2021 8:47:03 AM PDT by PersonOfNo Consequence

To: budj

"LINUX" is an acronym: Linux Is Not UniX

No, it isn't.

You're confusing Linux with GNU, which is an acronym for "GNU's Not Unix!"

Linux is a portmanteu of Linus (as in Torvalds) and UNIX.

35 posted on 05/01/2021 9:27:24 AM PDT by Paal Gulli

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