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- From: krej@electrum.kth.se (Kristian Ejvind)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: lfs 0.6 --> "xfs"
- Message-ID: <KREJ.93Jan22103808@iridiumx.electrum.kth.se>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 09:38:08 GMT
- References: <1jh0kcINNlln@uwm.edu> <garyt.727635377@lgc.com>
- <1993Jan21.193335.7818@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <C1836z.Gww@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
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- Organization: The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- In-Reply-To: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil's message of Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:18:34 GMT
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- In article <C1836z.Gww@ra.nrl.navy.mil> eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan21.193335.7818@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> mancus@carla.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus/MDSSC) writes:
- > > How about "lefs", for "Linux Extended File System"? Easy to pronounce,
- > >very succinct, and clear.
- >
- > Or better yet, "lefse". The 'e' does not stand for anything in
- > particular, but given the scandanavian origins of Linux, it would seem a
- > fitting name. More Norweigian/Swedish than Finnish I suppose.
- >
- > -Eric
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- Hmm, could you explain why you think lefse is more Swedish than
- lefs? If one looks at just the word, ( the sequence of characters
- pasted together) lefs is definitely more Swedish looking than lefse,
- even though lefs isn't very Swedish either. One thing is for sure:
- It's not Finnish.
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- /Kristian
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