Never understood why it even matters, everyone knows and understands what Linux means, doesn’t matter it is the “wrong name”.
Motherfuckers were using “velcro” their whole lives yet it is the name of the company, not the name of the thing. They are called “hook-and-loop fastener” or “touch fastener”.
Being pedantic does not exactly give the best first impression of a community.
Never understood why it even matters, everyone knows and understands what Linux means, doesn’t matter it is the “wrong name”.
Motherfuckers were using “velcro” their whole lives yet it is the name of the company, not the name of the thing. They are called “hook-and-loop fastener” or “touch fastener”.
In french it’s “Scratch” because it sounds like this when you open it (not talking about Linux)
In Czech, it is called “dry zipper”. Dunno why, because both work when wet, it is not a zipper, and a regular zipper is not wet anyway.
In German it is “rip seal”. I think it’s pretty good.