So I went down the rabbit hole of the etymology of "Gentoo" and you might say that "too" and "two" are more closely related as words and meanings than either is to the "-too" of "Gentoo".
The latter is a corruption / evolution of Latin -tivus of which the -tiv- part still exists in modern Latin-derived English words, like "adjective", "active" and, perhaps importantly here, "genitive".
Start with the Latin root: genitivus; push it through early (*gen(i)tiū) then colonial Portuguese: gentio; and then confuse the meaning with "ill-born" or "gentile" in colonial British-Indian English to get "Gentoo". The word was used there to describe the non-Hindu inhabitants of India. Because of course it was.
So, apparently, Gentoo penguins are called that because they're somehow reminiscent of 19th century Indian Muslims. Oof.
Pausing for a second to let that one pass...
And now...
English "too" evolved from "to" into its own niche (compare how "than" came from "then"). The second-ness / two-ness of "too" is an accident more than anything, even though the pronunciations have converged.
why is firefox the de-facto 'haha compile time = big' package :(. pick on chromium instead, it takes like 7x longer to compile and is made by a worse corporation
Idk. Frankly I'm just echoing the meme. And also. In the 5 years I've used linux i haven't touched chrome/chromium with a 10ft pole. Let alone compile it.
I do remember compiling an oddball version of wine once though. Don't remember much about how it went. But the fact I have it duplicated 5 times tells me I never wanted to do it again.
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miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 41 pts · 350d
The first one is still compiling.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 30 pts · 350d
So I went down the rabbit hole of the etymology of "Gentoo" and you might say that "too" and "two" are more closely related as words and meanings than either is to the "-too" of "Gentoo".
The latter is a corruption / evolution of Latin -tivus of which the -tiv- part still exists in modern Latin-derived English words, like "adjective", "active" and, perhaps importantly here, "genitive".
Start with the Latin root: genitivus; push it through early (*gen(i)tiū) then colonial Portuguese: gentio; and then confuse the meaning with "ill-born" or "gentile" in colonial British-Indian English to get "Gentoo". The word was used there to describe the non-Hindu inhabitants of India. Because of course it was.
So, apparently, Gentoo penguins are called that because they're somehow reminiscent of 19th century Indian Muslims. Oof.
Pausing for a second to let that one pass...
And now...
English "too" evolved from "to" into its own niche (compare how "than" came from "then"). The second-ness / two-ness of "too" is an accident more than anything, even though the pronunciations have converged.
Do not ask about Ubunthree.
VoidJuiceConcentrate@midwest.social · 5 pts · 350d
dark canonical release the Ubunten update
Una@europe.pub · 22 pts · 350d
If Gentoo so good, where Genthree?
somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 350d
NixOS has gen(eration)s, if you're insterested.
thelittleerik@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 350d
Gentoo Linux?
Im GenZ
Lembot_0004@discuss.online · 7 pts · 350d
TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org · 6 pts · 350d
For shits and giggles I played with them in a virtual machine a couple years ago. They are near fucking useless.
rtxn@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 350d
Microsoft developed a tiling window manager before it was cool.
pewpew@feddit.it · 7 pts · 349d
Waiting patiently for GenZ Linux
ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 349d
I thought SteamOS was already out
brokenlcd@feddit.it · 7 pts · 350d
Wait for it. She's still compiling Firefox.
mere@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 350d
why is firefox the de-facto 'haha compile time = big' package :(. pick on chromium instead, it takes like 7x longer to compile and is made by a worse corporation
brokenlcd@feddit.it · 2 pts · 349d
Idk. Frankly I'm just echoing the meme. And also. In the 5 years I've used linux i haven't touched chrome/chromium with a 10ft pole. Let alone compile it.
I do remember compiling an oddball version of wine once though. Don't remember much about how it went. But the fact I have it duplicated 5 times tells me I never wanted to do it again.
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 349d
Genoon mean "madness" in Arabic. Fits Gentoo perfectly
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 350d
GEEWUN forevar. Trukk not munky!!!
What, not that? Then you guys have lost me.
Ging@anarchist.nexus · 4 pts · 350d
Install Gen2
lengau@midwest.social · 3 pts · 349d
IIRC Gentoo was designed to be a successor to Slackware.
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 349d
Sorry the letter G is a G not a J /s