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[2022-02-16T00:25:36Z] <acheam> omanom: mid prob wouldnt like it because its gtk3 [2022-02-16T02:58:12Z] <phoebos> https://causal.agency/list/thread/75038F41-7CFB-47FA-A33D-9C465DAF5A62%40causal.agency.html [2022-02-16T03:39:41Z] <testuser[m]> Hi [2022-02-16T08:59:18Z] <testuser[m]> Please don’t use “win” as an abbreviation for Microsoft Windows in GNU software or documentation. In hacker terminology, calling something a “win” is a form of praise. You’re free to praise Microsoft Windows on your own if you want, but please don’t do so in GNU packages. Please write “Windows” in full, or abbreviate it to “w.” [2022-02-16T09:01:24Z] <testuser[m]> In 2001, I said "I use Linux" to RMS's face, and interrupted his usual rant by explaining that the userspace was not GNU, so I did mean "Linux". He was speechless for the best 5 seconds of my life. [2022-02-16T12:38:43Z] <rio6> where's that first one from [2022-02-16T12:40:03Z] <testuser[m]> https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Trademarks [2022-02-16T16:08:00Z] <jslick> Can I use "lose" instead? [2022-02-16T17:54:43Z] <clemens3> Steve Packard was in the same building developing X and RMS couldn't convince him to use the GPL.. (not that Steve had the power), but isn't it ironic that GNU Linux depends on MIT X Window System for its user interface.. which somehow is it not more crucial than the kernel even [2022-02-16T17:55:54Z] <clemens3> in Germany we say Windoof [2022-02-16T17:57:45Z] <clemens3> aeh, Keith Packard..