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New kernel name following Linus' confessions

PATCH In review Flavio Stanchina 4 participants 4 messages May 18, 2004 – May 22, 2004 Kbuild

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PATCH 1/1 New kernel name following Linus' confessions

Linus admitted that Linux was written by Santa and the Tooth Fairy, so a new name for the kernel is in order.

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Linus admitted that Linux was written by Santa and the Tooth Fairy, so a new name for the kernel is in order.

Gee, it must be terrible to be so bored ;=)

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Hi!

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Linus admitted that Linux was written by Santa and the Tooth Fairy, so a new name for the kernel is in order.

It's going to be either SanTux or ToothIX.

Toothix sounds good, what about logo?

(It would be cool to start some distribution to cary this joke... if you are thinking about another knopix derivative, this might be good name...)
Pavel

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