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Re: [trinity-devel] Need to remove this startup Tip: "The K in TDE does not stand for anything."

From: Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@...>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 17:41:45 -0800 (PST)
> > The K in KDE did not stand for anything. It was the
> > character that came before
> > L in the Latin alphabet, which stands for Linux. It
> was
> > chosen because KDE ran
> > on many types of UNIX (and perfectly well on FreeBSD).
> > 
> > The T in TDE does stand for something. It stands for
> Trinity
> > and is the name for
> > the project that brought you the first atomic bomb as
> well
> > as the name of the
> > project that brought you this desktop. TDE also runs on
> many
> > types of UNIX (and
> > perfectly well on FreeBSD).
> 
> I'll use your replacement text to patch and push some time
> today. :)

Fix in git hash d6997b3e4f7e1fbeb0e4bdff35d0b65f1704351f.

I changed the wording some. Using Trinity and atomic bombs in the same sentence was comical, yes, but not good PR. :)

Darrell