Ubuntu changing its look

Posted Mar 4, 2010 12:05 UTC (Thu) by cmsj (guest, #55014)
In reply to: Ubuntu changing its look by cowsandmilk
Parent article: Ubuntu changing its look

too many *what*?!

Ubuntu changing its look

Posted Mar 4, 2010 13:51 UTC (Thu) by skvidal (guest, #3094) [Link] (2 responses)

I reported the comment with the racial slur to lwn@lwn.net LATE last night.

Ubuntu changing its look

Posted Mar 4, 2010 14:00 UTC (Thu) by nye (subscriber, #51576) [Link]

I suspect the word was probably not intended to be used as a racial slur (I had to look it up).

Ubuntu changing its look

Posted Mar 4, 2010 14:31 UTC (Thu) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020) [Link]

If it were meant as a racial slur, I would think it would have made more sense. As it is, it looks much more like a typo. This incident reminds me of an old George Carlin bit where he talks about the "7 dirty words you can't say on TV" - none of those, however, were racial slurs.

Ubuntu changing its look

Posted Mar 4, 2010 14:13 UTC (Thu) by gerv (guest, #3376) [Link]

I strongly suspect this is a typo/thinko for "geeks". It would be an enormous non-sequitur for it to be a racial slur on South-East Asians. (I had to look that up too.) Calm down :-)

Gerv