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minus-squareMrSoup@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWhy not just Wilber? Just like the mascot.
minus-squareslartibartfast141@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThe Linux community can’t let an opportunity for an acronym to go to waste. Even more so for a backronym.
minus-squarewiki_me@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt’s another case of OSPNS - Open source projects names sucking .
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoCould have had the recursive acronym KINGIMP (KINGIMP Is Not GIMP) smdh
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThat’s for the fork with a UI implemented in Qt.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoPerhaps ‘WiLBeR’ would be a compromise? Its … basically following what I’m going to call ‘GLaDOS case’ rules. ??? Just sort of seems closer to the kind of silly spellings of robot names in a fair deal of movies and such?
minus-squareazuth@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt’s not the new name but an alternative. I guess it will have to fit where GIMP does, so it’s better to have the same amount of letters.
Why not just Wilber? Just like the mascot.
The Linux community can’t let an opportunity for an acronym to go to waste. Even more so for a backronym.
It’s another case of OSPNS - Open source projects names sucking .
Could have had the recursive acronym KINGIMP (KINGIMP Is Not GIMP) smdh
That’s for the fork with a UI implemented in Qt.
GNU Wilber
Perhaps ‘WiLBeR’ would be a compromise?
Its … basically following what I’m going to call ‘GLaDOS case’ rules.
???
Just sort of seems closer to the kind of silly spellings of robot names in a fair deal of movies and such?
It’s not the new name but an alternative. I guess it will have to fit where GIMP does, so it’s better to have the same amount of letters.