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by Findecanor 1361 days ago
The OS Fuchsia is named after the colour Fuchsia named after the flower Fuchsia named after a Renaissance-era Bavarian botanist Leonhart Fuchs.

So, you're supposed to spell this guy's name with a capital F.
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e12e 1361 days ago
I was wondering how it went from "Fuks" to "Few-Sha" - and apparently that was via Latin:

> Leonhart Fuchs (German: [ˈleːɔnhaʁt ˈfʊks] ... sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs and cited in Latin as Leonhartus Fuchsius

TIL... that flower fews like Fuschius?

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