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I don't know how much of an oddity it is, but Linux is probably the most known FLOSS. OK Linus himself wanted to name it "freak" or something like that.

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Meanwhile we have a graphics suite called gimp, a 3D model loading library called assimp and if someone calls for blender, you can't be sure if it's the kitchen utensil or the 3d creation suite. :)

and a version control called Git. The old tech world was many things, but "politically correct" is far down that list.

I'll be fair and note that Assimp pre-dated the modern vernacular of the obvious word that comes to mind and was actually reasonable (Open ASSet IMPort Libray).

But if I recall, it was not named that by Linus, but by the FTP administrator, who didn't like the name Linus chose.

The FTP admin knew no one would be interested in a project named "Freax"

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