this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2024
547 points (97.7% liked)

linuxmemes

20880 readers
9 users here now

I use Arch btw


Sister communities:

Community rules

  1. Follow the site-wide rules and code of conduct
  2. Be civil
  3. Post Linux-related content
  4. No recent reposts

Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
547
Wine acronym (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pine was already taken by an email reader. One of the early ascii email readers was called elm, for ELectronic Mail. Pine was made after elm and it stands for Pine Is Not Elm.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I'm starting to get the impression that most software older than me is defined more by what it isn't than by what it is.