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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: From where the word 'gentoo' came?
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:09:41
Message-Id: CAK2H+eeEz4MK6BgTYFq0h0EpUo9vvxo6SGfkquFORkhBNiK5zw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: From where the word 'gentoo' came? by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
2 > On 12/20/2011 11:15 PM, Dale wrote:
3 >>
4 >> Dan Johansson wrote:
5 >>>
6 >>> On Tuesday 20 December 2011 19.43:42 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
7 >>>>
8 >>>> On 12/20/2011 07:34 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
9 >>>>>
10 >>>>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:31 PM, LinuxIsOne<reallife@×××××××.com>
11 >>>>> wrote:
12 >>>>>>
13 >>>>>> Hi,
14 >>>>>>
15 >>>>>> From where the word gentoo came into existence?
16 >>>>>
17 >>>>> Gentoo is a species of penguin.
18 >>>>
19 >>>> <troll_mode>
20 >>>> No. Gentoo is an anagram for "net goo". Furthermore, "Gentoo Linux" is
21 >>>> an anagram for "Tux, go online". This why "Gentoo" was chosen.
22 >>>> </troll_mode>
23 >>>
24 >>> Stupid me, I thought that is was because of this "They (Gentoo
25 >>> penguin) are
26 >>> the fastest underwater swimming penguins, reaching speeds of 36 km/h.
27 >>> Gentoo
28 >>> are adapted to very harsh cold climates."
29 >>>
30 >>
31 >> That was what I read somewhere too.
32 >
33 >
34 > Just to point out the obvious, I was of course joking :-)
35 >
36 >
37
38 Nikos, you bleeping expletive deleted, I so wanted it to be your answer.
39
40 - Mark