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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Introducing Our New Name | Minetest rebrands to Luanti (blog.minetest.net)

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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here's a post from May in the ~~Minetest~~ Luanti forums discussing the name change: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?p=425205#p425205

I'm not going to search further to find the original discussion, but another user in this thread mentions seeing talk of this about a year ago. I agree that it's not very professional for the new website to be in a less than functional state, but it feels like excitement or decision fatigue may be the culprit, not a rushed process. Then again, it's an open source video game, not everything has to be "professional" all the time. Meanwhile, enjoy this meme from luanti.org:

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m not going to search further to find the original discussion, but another user in this thread mentions seeing talk of this about a year ago.

There were plenty of those threads and discussions happening during the past few years. This is a constant topic that came up in the forums and sometimes GitHub over and over again.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, and in the last twelve months those discussions clearly accelerated, and that post made it clear the lead/original dev had made their mind up. Which very much negates you saying this was rushed.