On 1/6/07, Guy Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, I was just wondering where the name gNewSense actually comes from. I assume it has the 'gnu' sound (at least for some accents - others, such as us in the UK say 'nyu' instead of 'nu' for 'new') because it's a
Pronounciation is debatable, as long as you have a g sound in there somewhere I'm happy.
GNU/Linux distribution, specifically following the ideals of the GNU project. I also assume it has something to do with the word 'nuisance' as it sounds like that, and I've read that it used to be known as
Yip. Have you ever looked at rms' gpg key?
'Gnuisance'. But I think it's a bit of an awkward name, and might put off newcomers to GNU/Linux, particularly with the small case 'g' and
For some reason I doubt many newcomers will be using this distro, I don't think its really an issue.
capitals in the middle. Why was that name chosen instead of 'Gnuisance'?
More puns.
PS. Does anyone know if there's any plans by anyone to make a variation with KDE installed by default, in a similar way to Kubuntu. And if there is, is it called something like KNewsense?
gNewSense-KDE, although some of the internals will be kgnewsense. Brian _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
