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aw4y | on: Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file manager and theming
nice project, bad naming :)
ssernikk | parent | next
It just means a leader or a guide in latin IIRC
hmokiguess | parent
why?
Tox46 | root | parent
ever heard of an Italian guy named Benito Mussolini?
duttish | root | parent
As I understand it he used "Il Duce"? Which makes this feel like a stretch.
syjer | root | parent
He also used the latin form Dux. (there are statues and motto with that term).
mahboi | root | parent
Whatever, just means leader
carlob | root | parent
So does führer
cowlevel | root | parent
most German people today have a Führerschein and are fine with that.
aw4y | root | parent
but if a software name is Führer I would comment in the same way, bad naming.
mahboi | root | parent | next
Führer also just means leader and is whatever, other than the unicode being annoying
fp64 | root | parent
I'm curious, what is the worst that could happen if people ignored your warning? Some agent runs the installer and accidentally tricks the user into aligning with ideologies you are not supposed to align with?