[techtalk] DeadRat and other pet names ;)

Beverly Guillermo bguill at home.com
Fri Oct 15 12:16:27 EST 1999


I'm glad I'm not the only one who was confused by the "name". =)  This is
the
only time I've heard RedHat referred to as Dead Rat.

Beverly

> > > It may be time to slap your forehead, roll your eyes skywards, and
utter an
> > > expletive. I think Dead Rat is rhyming slang for a certain popular
distro.  Or
> > > were you joking about not having heard of it? Apologies if that's the
case :-)
> > >
> > > - Kev
> >
> > I'm serious, either I've heard of it and don't remember it anymore, or
I've
> > never heard it. *ducks* =)
> >
> > Beverly
> >
>
> It's not just you :P A couple of months ago, my husband was telling me
about his
> system running DeadRat 5.2..."Huh?" I said, "How come it's already at
distro 5.2
> and I haven't heard of it yet?" Duh... :P I felt pretty silly. But then
again,
> how am I supposed to know unless it's explained or I'm feeling more
conclusive
> than I normally am? *laugh*
>
> Take care :)
> Amanda K.
>




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