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by laumars
3778 days ago
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Not that confusing really - the two applications couldn't be more different in use. "Pacman" is abbreviated from "package manager" while "Pac-Man" is derived from "Puck Man", named so because the yellow avatar looked like a hockey puck. (the reason for the name change is quite interesting too[1]). While it's true that the ArchLinux devs do play on the name similarities (there's even an easter egg to turn the `pacman` progress bar into a little Pac-Man eating up ASCII pills[2]), I think most people who might confuse the two wouldn't be familiar with the package manager anyway. And those who are familiar with `pacman` are likely technical enough to tell the difference. [1] Renamed because of worries that some US audiences might vandalise the Puck into Fuck. [2] Put 'ILoveCandy' (without quotes) under the [options] in /etc/pacman.conf |
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