The Guess What I'm Talking About Game - Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses

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venam
Administrators
Hello fellow nixers,
In this thread we play a game where we try to guess which well known Unix tools, WM, DE, etc.. another member is talking about.

Rules:

The clues should be close enough so it's possible to guess.
There should not be any flame war in your post.
It's a well known thing, judge well what is well known.
Try to be funny.

When you find the answer use a spoiler otherwise you'll get a ban for a day. (might be a joke but don't ruin it for others)

Here we go, have fun!

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I'm supported by the Linux kernel.
I went from 3 to 4.
I create that thing.
Data is scattered on what I create.
Houseoftea
Long time nixers
Oooo this looks like fun, I'll need to think today about what this is, I feel as though it's on the tip of my toungue!

Great thread venam
z3bra
Grey Hair Nixers
The Extended File System format (ext3 / ext4)
Houseoftea
Long time nixers
I'm free as in freedom
1 x 10^-9
Vim has 3 letters
Emacs has 5 letters
I have 4
What am I
venam
Administrators
z3bra, you are correct (even though I was looking for a specific command).

Here's another one:

Popular *on* the internet.
One of the first of its kind.
I fly and my logo shows it.
I've got my own license.
venam
Administrators
I think I got the one of Houseoftea.
nano
Houseoftea
Long time nixers
Apache

Am I close?

I'm from outer space
Made by some famous people
8 < ? < 10
I suckless
venam
Administrators
Houseoftea: You got it right.

Also I think your last was was
plan9
.
darthlukan
Members
I'm useless on my own
what I produce is pointed away all of the time...
... usually to a file
few will ever use my arguments
Who am I?
Github: https://github.com/darthlukan
CRUX Ports: http://ports.brianctomlinson.com
GPG: 3694569D
"We're all human, act accordingly." -- Me
z3bra
Grey Hair Nixers
(16-11-2015, 10:16 AM)Houseoftea Wrote: I'm free as in freedom
1 x 10^-9
Vim has 3 letters
Emacs has 5 letters
I have 4
What am I

nano


(16-11-2015, 12:53 PM)darthlukan Wrote: I'm useless on my own
what I produce is pointed away all of the time...
... usually to a file
few will ever use my arguments
Who am I?

cat ?
darthlukan
Members
@z3bra - You are correct :)
Github: https://github.com/darthlukan
CRUX Ports: http://ports.brianctomlinson.com
GPG: 3694569D
"We're all human, act accordingly." -- Me
venam
Administrators
I'm soft, I'm hard, baby!
I'll take you from disk to disk, from place to place.
Just follow me, I'll reach the right spot.
;)
rocx
Members
(16-11-2015, 01:34 PM)venam Wrote: I'm soft, I'm hard, baby!
I'll take you from disk to disk, from place to place.
Just follow me, I'll reach the right spot.
;)

A link!
venam
Administrators
rocx, I confirm, you got it!
fischer
Registered
Im installed and abused by Linux noobs because they think I will help them become superheros

thats one easy

perhaps this is a bit harder

Linux communities used to argue about me, I almost started a civil war between arch and ubuntu users, now most of them use me

thats one easy

perhaps this is a bit harder

Linux communities used to argue about me, I almost started a civil war between arch and ubuntu users, now most of them use me
Houseoftea
Long time nixers
systemd
apk
Long time nixers
Al, Pete, and Brian were talking about this new program.
I guess sed didn't fit the bill?
You gotta have it if you wanna Unix properly.
darthlukan
Members
@dsplayer14

awk
Github: https://github.com/darthlukan
CRUX Ports: http://ports.brianctomlinson.com
GPG: 3694569D
"We're all human, act accordingly." -- Me
xero
Long time nixers
i help you visualize your world. i'm posix af and go back to the roots of unix. gnu and bsd can't agree on how i ask me to show my true colors.
schisma
Members
(16-11-2015, 06:34 PM)xero Wrote: blah
ls (maybe tree, but not sure)
xero
Long time nixers
(16-11-2015, 06:36 PM)schisma Wrote: stuff
yer first guess was correct.
tree is not posix
z3bra
Grey Hair Nixers
I'm a tool coming from the past.
Noboby ever use it for my original purpose, yet I'm used everywhere, be it to save your ass in case you screw up, or simply share what you love.
rocx
Members
(16-11-2015, 07:23 PM)z3bra Wrote: I'm a tool coming from the past.
Noboby ever use it for my original purpose, yet I'm used everywhere, be it to save your ass in case you screw up, or simply share what you love.

cat
z3bra
Grey Hair Nixers
@rocx nope! 17char
apk
Long time nixers
(16-11-2015, 07:23 PM)z3bra Wrote: I'm a tool coming from the past.
Noboby ever use it for my original purpose, yet I'm used everywhere, be it to save your ass in case you screw up, or simply share what you love.
this one is really tough.
git
z3bra
Grey Hair Nixers
@adam: nope either. Git is definitely not from the past ;)
venam
Administrators
(16-11-2015, 07:23 PM)z3bra Wrote: I'm a tool coming from the past.
Noboby ever use it for my original purpose, yet I'm used everywhere, be it to save your ass in case you screw up, or simply share what you love.
Not sure at all about this one, it's ambiguous.
telnet or netcat
EDIT: nah, netcat isn't old. It's from 2007.
z3bra
Grey Hair Nixers
@venam nice try, but no :)
venam
Administrators
GNU.
I'm an acronym.
I fight against a big name.
Scaling and freeze is my meme.
Houseoftea
Long time nixers
This z3bra one is so tough