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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: From where the word 'gentoo' came?
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:37:36
Message-Id: jcqv3g$m8p$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: From where the word 'gentoo' came? by Dale
1 On 12/20/2011 11:15 PM, Dale wrote:
2 > Dan Johansson wrote:
3 >> On Tuesday 20 December 2011 19.43:42 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
4 >>> On 12/20/2011 07:34 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
5 >>>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:31 PM, LinuxIsOne<reallife@×××××××.com>
6 >>>> wrote:
7 >>>>> Hi,
8 >>>>>
9 >>>>> From where the word gentoo came into existence?
10 >>>> Gentoo is a species of penguin.
11 >>> <troll_mode>
12 >>> No. Gentoo is an anagram for "net goo". Furthermore, "Gentoo Linux" is
13 >>> an anagram for "Tux, go online". This why "Gentoo" was chosen.
14 >>> </troll_mode>
15 >> Stupid me, I thought that is was because of this "They (Gentoo
16 >> penguin) are
17 >> the fastest underwater swimming penguins, reaching speeds of 36 km/h.
18 >> Gentoo
19 >> are adapted to very harsh cold climates."
20 >>
21 >
22 > That was what I read somewhere too.
23
24 Just to point out the obvious, I was of course joking :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: From where the word 'gentoo' came? Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>