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"Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearOS
The meanings of OSS names knezi • 3 years ago • 100%
git https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(slang)

1. An offensive word meaning *unpleasant, silly, incompetent, annoying, senile, elderly or childish person*. 2. Surprisingly, it is also a personal pronoun in Old English 😁 (though spelled ġit)

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"Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearOS
The meanings of OSS names adrianmalacoda • 3 years ago • 87%
Lemmy https://join.lemmy.ml/docs/en/index.html#whys-it-called-lemmy

This one's obvious to us all but I think it's fitting. > ### Why's it called Lemmy? > * Lead singer from [Motörhead](https://invidio.us/watch?v=pWB5JZRGl0U). > * The old school [video game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game)). > * The [Koopa from Super Mario](https://www.mariowiki.com/Lemmy_Koopa). > * The [furry rodents](http://sunchild.fpwc.org/lemming-the-little-giant-of-the-north/). Lemmings have a [reputation](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lemming) for mindless groupthink, due to the [unfortunate myth](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lemmings-do-not-explode-or-throw-themselves-cliffs-180953475/) that lemmings are prone to jumping off cliffs. Lemmy is similarly misunderstood as a platform where strict ideological alignment is mandated and dissension is banned, but by and large the majority of [moderation action](https://lemmy.ml/modlog) on this instance is against spammers.

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"Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearOS
The meanings of OSS names testman • 3 years ago • 100%
Explain spaghetti knot of GNU Hurd to me

is there anything that has even more complicated name? Also, why do FOSS people find [recursive acronym](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym) so clever?

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"Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearOS
The meanings of OSS names knezi • 3 years ago • 100%
Lineage a.k.a. Lineage OS https://lineageos.org/about/

This one's easy. Lineage is ancestry, just like Lineage OS comes from CyanogenMod.

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