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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor
 

Alt text:Twitter post by Daniel Feldman (@d_feldman): Linux is the only major operating system to support diagonal mode (credit [Twitter] @xssfox). Image shows an untrawide monitor rotated about 45 degrees, with a horizontal IDE window taking up a bottom triangle. A web browser and settings menu above it are organized creating a window shape almost like a stepped pyramid.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'…GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation.

Are you implying that this user is the real Richard Stallman? If that’s true, this thread just got 100x more hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

some people allege that the copypasta was created by him (i doubt this)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Too bad—for a second there I thought he’d lost even more of his marbles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There is one part which he didn't say, regarding how linux is part of the gnu system when the gnu kernel is actually gnu hurd