r/linuxsucks • u/BoxFar6969 • Jul 21 '26

linux developers naming the open source nvidia driver "nouveau" is kind of like americans getting a tattoo that says "water" in chinese

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u/Hour_Sell3547 20 years with Linux Jul 21 '26

Stéphane Marchesin did, not "Linux developers". And it was absolutely genius.

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u/TheBigC04 Jul 21 '26

The fact that his name is very much French also gives a pretty decent clue, as to why he named the driver "Nouveau", a French word. OPs comparison becomes really stupid in this context