On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 01:32:49AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:54:06PM -0600, Ken Fuchs wrote: > > Now that I'm on a roll or a tangent, can we change GNU/Linux to Gnux > > (pronounced GUH-NUCKS) as GNU/Linux is a bit long? > > Back when Stallman's GNU/Linux crusade was just getting started, I > seem to recall seeing a claim that he had originally tried for > "LiGNUx", but I have no idea whether there's any truth behind it or > not. (The favored pronunciation of "LiGNUx" seemed to be "lug > nuts"...) Interesting, I hadn't heard this before. Some searching on google groups turned up some good links, unfortunately even those usenet archives are not old enough (all the references seem to refer to a much older discussion) -- Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified http://www.poptix.net GPG public key 0x01938203