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by manthanf1 1005 days ago
"Ex aequo" + OS, I think
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throaway3nfn 1005 days ago
What does this mean? Ex as in ex-parrot, right? But what's aequo supposed to mean? Google is not helping. An "aequo" that was but isn't anymore? Forgive my ignorance, English/Greek/Latin is not my first language.
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tgv 1005 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_aequo_et_bono

"ex" is a preposition meaning "from".

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cakemuncher 1005 days ago
I'm reading it as "execOS" but I could be wrong.
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baudaux 1005 days ago
You are right : ex æquo- execute. Spelling is quite similar in French. May be same in English
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baudaux 1005 days ago
exactly
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baudaux 1005 days ago
Exaequo - execute... Why ex aequo ? because everybody have same execution environment (or almost same i.e the web browser)
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