the g in gobject stands for glib, and the g in glib stands for gtk, and the g in gtk stands for gimp, however the g in gimp stands for gnu, so really the g in glib stands for gnu

So gobject is gnuimptklibobject

[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 288 points 4 months ago (5 children)

and the g in gnu stands for gnu

[–] Klear@quokk.au 104 points 4 months ago (5 children)

So if I'm getting it right, gobject is short for gnugnu(...)gnuimptklibobject.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago (1 children)

gnuplestiltskin

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Following the modern C conventions, the text following the series of (gnu) doesn't matter and you can write anything you want there.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 68 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Fun fact: The K in GNU stands for Kernel.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 18 points 4 months ago

KNURD

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 55 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Then what does the g in gnu stand for?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 103 points 4 months ago (1 children)

you're not gonna believe this...

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’ve got g’news for you…

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[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think this is sarcasm, but just in case it isn't... GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix".

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[–] mech@feddit.org 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Gary

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, they missed the best part.

GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix, which is a recursive acronym. And, when pronounced properly (like the animal) the G is silent. The entire Linux ecosystem has words that start with G based on an acronym where G essentially comes from nowhere, and isn't actually pronounced.

[–] rocnat@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Well, I dont wanna start a debate, but the official website of GNU indicate that the "g" in GNU isn't silent.

So it depends on whether you want to pronounce it "properly" or as it was intended.

The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix!”; it is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g, like “grew” but with the letter n instead of r.

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

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[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 105 points 4 months ago (15 children)

Is it pronounced gnu or jnu?

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 100 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Are you gnu here?

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 44 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Jnu enough to stoke an ancient flame war for my personal entertainment.

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yer such a wildebeest!

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[–] Klear@quokk.au 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can easily answer this for yourself by looking up what the G stands for.

Wait...

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[–] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 68 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Does the g in gspot also stand for gnu?

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 67 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Believe it or not, yes.

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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 16 points 4 months ago

it actually stands for garam masala

[–] kubica@fedia.io 68 points 4 months ago

A topic with a a lot of gnuances.

[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 66 points 4 months ago (3 children)

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago (2 children)

gnusnotuniximagemanipulationtoolkitlibraryobject

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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago (6 children)

In case you were wondering the 'w' in 'wine' stands for 'wine', and the full acronym is 'Wine Is Not an Emulator'. What do you think the 'w' in 'Wine Is Not an Emulator' stands for?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I once tried to play "PHP" in Scrabble and argued that it should be infinite points.

The opponent didn't agree.

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[–] cogman@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

As a younger teen trying to get starcraft running on my linux box, my parents were definitely upset when they saw me browsing "winehq". They thought I was trying to get booze shipped to our house :D

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[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I wish we knew some new gnu jokes.

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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 35 points 4 months ago

Things to do on Christmas:

Unwrap gifts ❌
Unwrap acronyms ✔️

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 28 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I remember a time when almost every category of tool had something named "Yet Another [Thing]" because there were already so many options to choose from when they decided to make their own.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I.......I lost track of what just happened. G stands for......something, I imagine.

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Jraphics

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[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 4 months ago

Well it kind of stands for nothing, because at the center of this onion is GNU, which is recursive. It stands for "GNU's Not UNIX", so the G in GNU stands for GNU.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

(((gnu)imp)tk)lib)object)

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[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gnus and gnomes can break my bones?

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[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 months ago

Never thought about it and I'm gonna go back to not thinking about it

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

Opportunity missed in not calling it GnObject.

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

You've been gnomed meme

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (24 children)

And this really exposes a major challenge with FOSS.

Names have meaning - it's why Office is called Office.

This gnu naming isn't much of an issue, because this is stuff only technical folks handle. But if we want end-users to embrace things, we need meaningful names - meaningful to them.

Whenever I tell my friends or family to install Jellyfin so they can access my media, the look on their face says it all.

MediaMonkey - alright, I get it (yea, not FOSS)

Plex? OK, if someone then says "think MultiPlex Theaters", you get it. (Also not FOSS)

Jellyfin? What is that? Jam on a sharkfin?

These work really well:

Resilio SYNC (Yeah, not FOSS, but the name makes sense)

SyncThing (FOSS)

FolderSync (not FOSS)

Notice a trend here?

I have a printed spreadsheet for all the software I use - if I haven't touched a service for a couple months, I'll forget the meaningless name.

[–] BlueKey@fedia.io 48 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Counterarguments:

Chrome
Edge
Sky
Adobe Acrobat
Outlook

All wellknown programs or services where the name has no relation to the purpose.

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also glibc

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[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 16 points 4 months ago

Banger title

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Oh so what's g in grep and git stand for?

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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 15 points 4 months ago

You've been gnomed

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