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358 points timsehn | 2 comments | 30 Mar 20 20:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.463s | source
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timdorr ◴[31 Mar 20 01:11 UTC] No.22734024[source]▶
Any reason or history behind the name? It means "a stupid person", which seems like a bad choice IMHO: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolt
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RandallBrown ◴[31 Mar 20 01:13 UTC] No.22734043[source]▶
That's also what Git means.
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hprotagonist ◴[31 Mar 20 01:20 UTC] No.22734073[source]▶
"I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself." --Linus
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1. laughinghan ◴[31 Mar 20 01:56 UTC] No.22734250[source]▶
In case it isn't obvious, this is a joke, Linus actually didn't name Linux after himself, the person who hosted the original source tree did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#Naming
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2. shakna ◴[31 Mar 20 03:00 UTC] No.22734554[source]▶
However, Linux was a name that Linus had considered before dismissing it as too self-centered. It wasn't invented by the later host.