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I'd just like to interject for a moment.

I'm confused why everyone is complaining about the "Rocky" part, which is a nice tribute and sounds pretty decent, when the actual problem is the "Linux" part. It should really be called "Rocky GNU/Linux", or "Rocky GNU+Linux", because the Linux kernel is only one component of a complete GNU-based operating system compatible with the POSIX standard.

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I guess we found Richard Stallman's hacker news account.

It's part of the notorious copypasta https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Interjection

I literally spat my coffee out. Thanks for the laugh.

I'm so tired of this drivel.

It's called Linux because GNU is awful at naming things. The name "Gahnoo" is too awkward to pronounce and "Gahnoo plus Linux" is too long.

People shorten names for convenience. Deal with it or come up with a better name than GNU.

First, obvious troll is obvious. Second, complaining that the "GNU" part is awkward to pronounce when it's a regular English word unlike Linux amuses me. Linus Unix to Linux will forever haunt free software.

Right, infamous copypasta... forgive the pedantry, but the English word "gnu" (referring to the mammal) is pronounced "noo", while the non-English word "GNU" is pronounced "gah-noo"[0], as OP correctly pointed out.

0. https://www.gnu.org/gnu/pronunciation.en.html

My mistake, my memory of learning about gnus was so long ago it has been distorted by GNU.

Whoosh!

https://stallman-copypasta.github.io/

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