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[–] [email protected] 114 points 6 months ago (3 children)

There are only so many nouns that start with G. Everyone knows all Linux programs must be a noun and an acronym that starts with "GNU" (which is itself a noun and an acronym that starts with GNU)

[–] [email protected] 127 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

KDE would liKe to Know your loKation.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

DO NOT USE A ACRYONYM FOR THIS UNLESS YOU ARE A PRIDEFUL FILIPINO!!!!

[–] Zink 13 points 6 months ago

These two joKes just had me laughing unKontrollably at my phone.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

KDE is not an abbreviation, and not in the same way than XNA is not an abbreviation. Originally it was the Kool Desktop Environment which was quickly dropped not for the obvious KDE Desktop Environment but K Desktop Environment, which kinda makes sense given that KDE replaces 'c's with 'k' all over the place -- such as, to wit, its name as it's a reference to CDE. Nowadays it's plain KDE though.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

Cool Desctop Environment

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

a long time ago I've heard that maybe the only reasoning behind the "K" is that it comes before "L" in the alphabet (L, cause of "Linux")

Idk how true is this, but I've found this "explanation" amusing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Make sure you've installed Flatseal from the DisKover Store

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

KDE Komedy Klassic? That's not good...

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago (3 children)

So it's GNU the whole way down?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

🌏👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

GNU Nominal Universalism

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

or as I've recently taken to calling it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

When they finish the words with G they can just add another layer of recursion and create BIG, an acronym for "BIG Is GNU". And from there go on like a word chain game