On Tuesday 20 December 2011 19.43:42 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/20/2011 07:34 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:31 PM, LinuxIsOne<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> From where the word gentoo came into existence? > > > > Gentoo is a species of penguin. > > <troll_mode> > No. Gentoo is an anagram for "net goo". Furthermore, "Gentoo Linux" is > an anagram for "Tux, go online". This why "Gentoo" was chosen. > </troll_mode>
Stupid me, I thought that is was because of this "They (Gentoo penguin) are the fastest underwater swimming penguins, reaching speeds of 36 km/h. Gentoo are adapted to very harsh cold climates." -- Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu> *************************************************** This message is printed on 100% recycled electrons! ***************************************************

