Laura Lazzati writes:
> ... The person I met interested in at least
> playing whith Guix told me that was thinking of both Guix and Nix, and
> I was asked before about the differences. Is it in the manual? Because
> I don't remember reading it. ...
I just searched through the manual for Nix and
Bonjour Ludo! :)
> Should we write this more prominently somewhere? Probably! :-)
Thank you for the explanation, I guess I read the first link before
from somewhere, but what I was asking was if since people are
discussing if the name is appropriate, maybe the Guile + Nix could be
added, like "i
Hi Laura,
Laura Lazzati skribis:
>> As for those wondering why: “Guix” is initially just the contraction of
>> Guile + Nix.
> Thank you for the explanation. The person I met interested in at least
> playing whith Guix told me that was thinking of both Guix and Nix, and
> I was asked before about
> Now I'm wondering how to pronounce Guile... :D
Don't know if you are kidding ;), but even not being a native English
speaker it was quite obvious for me :) Or I ponounce it badly, don't
know.
Regards :)
Hi again!
Yes someone misses her community ;)
> As for those wondering why: “Guix” is initially just the contraction of
> Guile + Nix.
Thank you for the explanation. The person I met interested in at least
playing whith Guix told me that was thinking of both Guix and Nix, and
I was asked before ab
Hi,
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
skribis:
> mikadoZero wrote:
>> Doing this duckduckgo site search: `geeks
>> site:https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/` gives me only one match.
>> Which
>> is footnote 1 of section 1 Introduction of the manual. I do not
>> know of
>> anywhere else where the pronunciati
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 12:13:55PM -0400, mikadoZero wrote:
> I think the confusion around the pronunciation of GIF would probably be
> a worst case scenario.
Non-techies rarely discuss JPEGs or PNGs, while GIFs are a cultural
phenomenon.
How to pronounce 'GIF'? Anyone can weigh in, and it doesn'
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 12:13:55PM -0400, mikadoZero wrote:
> I think the confusion around the pronunciation of GIF would probably be
> a worst case scenario.
Non-techies rarely discuss JPEGs or PNGs, while 'GIF' is a cultural
phenomenon.
How to pronounce GIF? Everyone has an opinion on this and
mikadoZero writes:
> In my initial message I should have explained why I am not a fan of Guix
> pronounced "geeks". It is because the pronunciation is the same as the
> plural of the word geek. The word geek has an ambiguous definition.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek When Guix is pronou
Hi!
> Also where I live, in South America, in the Aburrá Valley, The term
> "geek" is used in its English form by some people to describe themselves
> as people who are very interested in technology and its specifics.
Another South American :)
As regards the name, I have always pronounced it like
Hello
mikadoZero writes:
> Doing this duckduckgo site search: `geeks
> site:https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/` gives me only one match. Which
> is footnote 1 of section 1 Introduction of the manual. I do not know of
> anywhere else where the pronunciation of Guix is explicitly stated.
>
> I
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes:
> Hullo!
>
> Now I personally think ‘Guix’ looks and sounds good (not fine), and
> our logo is positively stunning, and damn professional too. If that
> makes me biased, so be it ;-)
>
> mikadoZero wrote:
>> I also wanted to know what people think about the "geeks"
sirgazil writes:
> Hi, mikadoZero,
>
>
> El 10/03/19 a las 11:13 a. m., mikadoZero escribió:
>> Doing this duckduckgo site search: `geeks
>> site:https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/` gives me only one match. Which
>> is footnote 1 of section 1 Introduction of the manual. I do not know of
>> an
Hi, mikadoZero,
El 10/03/19 a las 11:13 a. m., mikadoZero escribió:
Doing this duckduckgo site search: `geeks
site:https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/` gives me only one match. Which
is footnote 1 of section 1 Introduction of the manual. I do not know of
anywhere else where the pronunciation
Hullo again,
mikadoZero wrote:
Doing this duckduckgo site search: `geeks
site:https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/` gives me only one
match. Which
is footnote 1 of section 1 Introduction of the manual. I do not
know of
anywhere else where the pronunciation of Guix is explicitly
stated.
I w
Hullo!
Now I personally think ‘Guix’ looks and sounds good (not fine),
and our logo is positively stunning, and damn professional too.
If that makes me biased, so be it ;-)
mikadoZero wrote:
I also wanted to know what people think about the "geeks"
pronunciation and how it may impact adoptio
Doing this duckduckgo site search: `geeks
site:https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/` gives me only one match. Which
is footnote 1 of section 1 Introduction of the manual. I do not know of
anywhere else where the pronunciation of Guix is explicitly stated.
I would like to know what other think abo
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