Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: GNU Date: 3 Mar 2026 06:54:24 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net erJXnbrkXTGZjIEAnuXa7QnaCeXDxvHdxc45HIwHpitzhmyjaW Cancel-Lock: sha1:1vsDmLyEPaVYZSgM9f9pnwWZJ/E= sha256:DhD+OB2coK/5l7lkmtWH8OSzeOQx4gd+NF9A9eh2HmA= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:82338 Odd question at this point but how do you say 'GNU'? I was watching a Lunduke video where he was bitching about Ubuntu's apparent attempt to push Rust and was reading from a Ubuntu VP's statement. The first encounter with GNU he definitely said G-N-U but later times it still sounded like he was saying the letters. At one point he said F-A-Q but later said 'fak'. Is that a Lunduke thing? I've always said it as in 'if you knew what the gnu knew' with sort of a tongue flip on the G, same as with GNOME although sometimes I almost drop the G completely. As far as the video, he did have a point. Apparently they want to rewrite ls and other tools that have worked well for decades with Rust, while admitting some of the fringe uses may break. The VP also told the developers to stop using Python and use Rust, sternly worded memo to follow.