Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Tracy R. Reed
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 00:00

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Jae-Hyuck Lee (jalee@grail.cba.csuohio.edu) wrote:
: Is there anybody who knows what 'f' stands for in fvwm, fvwm2, fvwm95,
: etc?

From the manpage...

FVWM(1.2)                                               FVWM(1.2)


NAME
       fvwm - F(?) Virtual Window Manager for X11

SYNOPSIS
       fvwm [ options ]

<SNIP>

      The name "FVWM" used to stand for something, but I  forgot
      what.  (Feeble,  famous, foobar? It doesn't really matter,
      this is an acronym based society anyway.)


Although some people say it's "F*cked Virtual Window Manager" :)

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From: treed@rohan.sdsu.edu (Tracy R. Reed)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/19
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