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    Aaron Bockover‏ @abock 30 Mar 2016

    Wait, so GNU/Windows happened before GNU/Hurd?

    2:04 PM - 30 Mar 2016 from San Francisco, CA
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      2. Ben 'Ban the Nazis' Hutchings 🐝‏‏ @benhutchingsuk 30 Mar 2016
        Replying to @abock

        @abock @directhex GNU/Windows is called Cygwin. Or Services for Unix. This is more like the inverse of Wine

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Jo Shields‏ @directhex 30 Mar 2016
        Replying to @benhutchingsuk

        @benhutchingsuk http://well.actually.cat  Services for Unix was kinda both

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Ben 'Ban the Nazis' Hutchings 🐝‏‏ @benhutchingsuk 30 Mar 2016
        Replying to @directhex

        @directhex I didn't know that. Which *ix ABIs did it implement?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Jo Shields‏ @directhex 30 Mar 2016
        Replying to @benhutchingsuk

        @benhutchingsuk which is meaningfully distinct from apps being compiled to win32

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Ben 'Ban the Nazis' Hutchings 🐝‏‏ @benhutchingsuk 30 Mar 2016
        Replying to @directhex

        @directhex Well SFU was derived from Interix so no surprise there. Thought you meant binary compatibility with another OS

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      1. Antti Kurittu‏ @AnttiKurittu 31 Mar 2016
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        @abock @thegrugq Ocean levels are not rising because of global warming, but because of Richard Stallmans tears.

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      2. l'empathie mécanique‏ @dpwiz 31 Mar 2016
        Replying to @abock

        @abock it's GNU\Windows

        1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
      3. Sean Barrett‏ @nothings 9 Apr 2016
        Replying to @dpwiz

        Sean Barrett Retweeted Sean Barrett

        @dpwiz @abock FYI I had to screenshot this to "RT" it with context, forgot to tag you. It's at >100 RTs & likes.https://twitter.com/nothings/status/718728041552187393 …

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      4. l'empathie mécanique‏ @dpwiz 9 Apr 2016
        Replying to @nothings

        @nothings that's karma at work. I've read that first somewhere in Reddit comments (:

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Akhilan‏ @AkhilanIN 31 Mar 2016
        Replying to @abock

        @abock @noufalibrahim An @xkcdComic :)pic.twitter.com/d0yk51xO47

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      2. Pete Windle‏ @pete23com 31 Mar 2016
        Replying to @abock

        @abock @DaleJHarrison inevitable

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      3. Dale Harrison‏ @DaleJHarrison 31 Mar 2016
        Replying to @pete23com

        @pete23com The year of the Linux Desktop has finally arrived and it's called Windows!

        0 replies 3 retweets 4 likes
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      1. Joachim Nilsson‏ @troglobit 30 Mar 2016
        Replying to @abock

        @abock RMS is rolling in his grave ... no wait!

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      1. Berto Garcia‏ @bertogg 30 Mar 2016
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        @abock @ebassi and the year of the GNU desktop before the year of the Linux desktop

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      1.  ⚫️ ⚫️ ⚫️ ⚫️ ⚫️ ⚫️ ⚫️ ⚫️‏ @8BitTaxi 30 Mar 2016
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        @abock @fraggletasticpic.twitter.com/BvnGdqo9vq

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      1. Joe Groff‏ @jckarter 31 Mar 2016
        Replying to @abock

        @abock but GNU made it to the desktop before Linux

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      1.  ☃️George Frost ☃️‏ @taterbase 31 Mar 2016
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        @abock For RMS so loved the world that he gave his only begotten microkernel, that whoever believeth in him shall have eternal Free Software

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      1. Kiloreux‏ @kiloreux 31 Mar 2016
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        @abock what a day to be alive ha :P .

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      1. Edwin Groothuis‏ @mavetju 30 Mar 2016
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        @abock Happy april fools.

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      1. 'Aztec Eagle' Turbo‏ @trblnyx 30 Mar 2016
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        @abock @federicomena GNU/Hurd will never be happen.

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