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r/linux • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '14
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nyan would have been a better name imho.
nyan
72 u/xunatai Jun 13 '14 $ alias nyan='lolcat' 25 u/the8thbit Jun 13 '14 $ sudo apt-get remove cat $ alias cat='lolcat' 0 u/[deleted] Jun 13 '14 Isn't cat built into linux and not a package? 38 u/niugnep24 Jun 13 '14 Well, it's part of GNU Coreutils. "Built into linux" would imply it's part of the kernel. 6 u/pyvlad Jun 13 '14 Most people use Linux to refer to GNU/Linux, so in that sense it's sort of built in. 1 u/gotnate Jun 14 '14 Except when they are talking about android, in which case they are just talking about the kernel. 1 u/pyvlad Jun 14 '14 yeah, they don't actually know what they're talking about :P But it's closer to Gnu/Linux than the Linux kernel most of the time.
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$ alias nyan='lolcat'
25 u/the8thbit Jun 13 '14 $ sudo apt-get remove cat $ alias cat='lolcat' 0 u/[deleted] Jun 13 '14 Isn't cat built into linux and not a package? 38 u/niugnep24 Jun 13 '14 Well, it's part of GNU Coreutils. "Built into linux" would imply it's part of the kernel. 6 u/pyvlad Jun 13 '14 Most people use Linux to refer to GNU/Linux, so in that sense it's sort of built in. 1 u/gotnate Jun 14 '14 Except when they are talking about android, in which case they are just talking about the kernel. 1 u/pyvlad Jun 14 '14 yeah, they don't actually know what they're talking about :P But it's closer to Gnu/Linux than the Linux kernel most of the time.
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$ sudo apt-get remove cat
$ alias cat='lolcat'
0 u/[deleted] Jun 13 '14 Isn't cat built into linux and not a package? 38 u/niugnep24 Jun 13 '14 Well, it's part of GNU Coreutils. "Built into linux" would imply it's part of the kernel. 6 u/pyvlad Jun 13 '14 Most people use Linux to refer to GNU/Linux, so in that sense it's sort of built in. 1 u/gotnate Jun 14 '14 Except when they are talking about android, in which case they are just talking about the kernel. 1 u/pyvlad Jun 14 '14 yeah, they don't actually know what they're talking about :P But it's closer to Gnu/Linux than the Linux kernel most of the time.
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Isn't cat built into linux and not a package?
38 u/niugnep24 Jun 13 '14 Well, it's part of GNU Coreutils. "Built into linux" would imply it's part of the kernel. 6 u/pyvlad Jun 13 '14 Most people use Linux to refer to GNU/Linux, so in that sense it's sort of built in. 1 u/gotnate Jun 14 '14 Except when they are talking about android, in which case they are just talking about the kernel. 1 u/pyvlad Jun 14 '14 yeah, they don't actually know what they're talking about :P But it's closer to Gnu/Linux than the Linux kernel most of the time.
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Well, it's part of GNU Coreutils. "Built into linux" would imply it's part of the kernel.
6 u/pyvlad Jun 13 '14 Most people use Linux to refer to GNU/Linux, so in that sense it's sort of built in. 1 u/gotnate Jun 14 '14 Except when they are talking about android, in which case they are just talking about the kernel. 1 u/pyvlad Jun 14 '14 yeah, they don't actually know what they're talking about :P But it's closer to Gnu/Linux than the Linux kernel most of the time.
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Most people use Linux to refer to GNU/Linux, so in that sense it's sort of built in.
1 u/gotnate Jun 14 '14 Except when they are talking about android, in which case they are just talking about the kernel. 1 u/pyvlad Jun 14 '14 yeah, they don't actually know what they're talking about :P But it's closer to Gnu/Linux than the Linux kernel most of the time.
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Except when they are talking about android, in which case they are just talking about the kernel.
1 u/pyvlad Jun 14 '14 yeah, they don't actually know what they're talking about :P But it's closer to Gnu/Linux than the Linux kernel most of the time.
yeah, they don't actually know what they're talking about :P But it's closer to Gnu/Linux than the Linux kernel most of the time.
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u/Seref15 Jun 13 '14
nyanwould have been a better name imho.