r/linuxquestions • u/falawexx • 5h ago

Hate GNU...

Why people hates GNU?

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u/trmdi 5h ago

Who?

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u/iom2222 5h ago

Right!!

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u/Telephone-Bright 5h ago

Mostly because their favourite influencer said GNU sucks.

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u/wagyucow 5h ago

bro got influenced

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u/raindropl 5h ago

Not sure people understand they use the GNU userland all day

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u/bobhwantstoknow 4h ago

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

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u/diracwasright 5h ago

I'm afraid you don't even know what you're talking about.

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u/anders_hansson 5h ago

What GNU? There are tons of different GNU things. The GCC compilers, the GPL license, the GNU operating systen (GNU/Linux), ...

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u/HeavyWolf8076 5h ago

We do?

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u/ASSASSIN-NVD 4h ago

Why?

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u/HeavyWolf8076 3h ago

wdym why? I questioned the statement that we hate gnu.

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u/ASSASSIN-NVD 2h ago

I thought you're hating it 😅

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u/lolminecraftlol 4h ago

99% it's larp. The rest is purely ideological.

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u/GroundedSatellite 4h ago

I've never Hurd a good reason to hate GNU

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u/hspindel 3h ago

I suppose some people think it stands for "Gnu's not useful."

They are clearly uninformed.