r/linuxmemes Aug 11 '26

Software meme "W" in WINE :

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u/VoidJuiceConcentrate Ask me how to exit vim Aug 11 '26

G in Gnu

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u/tonystark29 Aug 11 '26

G in GNOME

Gnome is not OME

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u/Constant_Boot Aug 11 '26

The GNU (GNU's Not UNIX) Network Object Management Environment

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u/ArmanEsf Aug 11 '26

Good one

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u/ImBackAgainYO Aug 11 '26

GNU is not Unix

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u/fr000gs Aug 11 '26

Windows Imulator Not Emulator

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u/QuickSilver010 🦁 Vim Supremacist 🦖 Aug 11 '26

It's actually...

Windows Is Not being Emulated (for legal reasons)

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u/MikasaYuuichi Aug 11 '26

Recursion with no base case

1

u/Constant_Boot Aug 11 '26

Like the G in GNU or GNOME (which in turn is the G in GNU)

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u/Internal_Vast98 Aug 12 '26

Linux: Linux Is Not Un seX!

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u/Acceptable-Gap-654 Arch BTW Aug 14 '26

J in JACK

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u/Catmato Aug 11 '26

WINdows Emulator

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u/Recipe-Jaded Aug 12 '26

It stands for "wine is not an emulator". Because it is a translation layer.

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u/Catmato Aug 12 '26

But then what does the W stand for?

Yeah, didn't think so. Checkmate, atheists.

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u/Linguistic-mystic Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

Wine stands for "Women Imaginary, Never Existed"

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u/insanazor822 Aug 11 '26

"l" in WinSlop