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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (©1911 Released April 15 1993):
DAMN, v. A word formerly much used by the Paphlagonians, the meaning
of which is lost. By the learned Dr. Dolabelly Gak it is believed to
have been a term of satisfaction, implying the highest possible degree
of mental tranquillity. Professor Groke, on the contrary, thinks it
expressed an emotion of tumultuous delight, because it so frequently
occurs in combination with the word _jod_ or _god_, meaning "joy." It
would be with great diffidence that I should advance an opinion
conflicting with that of either of these formidable authorities.

How could any get offended by the word Damn in DSL. It is used in a positive. manner.

Razor Toting Jim
background to the above:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8109/
In my case, I am dealing with kids. While I understand the "it's no big deal" argument, you can't explain that away very well to a school administration and/or a small faith-based community like where I live. This has been talked about many times in the forum. I think John just never realized how popular this little project would become. I feel sorry for the people who just settle with Fedora or Suse. They are missing so much!!

Chris
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I feel sorry for the people who just settle with Fedora or Suse. They are missing so much!!

Don't feel sorry for me.  I've been using suse for a couple of years, and i love it.  Comparing it to DSL doesn't work for me, since I use them in different ways.

removing "damn" from the distro would at least break some extensions...I don't know any more than that.  Personally I think it's silly for anyone to be concerned about a word, and this coming from someone who was raised conservative, fundamentalist baptist.  Still, if it is an issue, there are other distros, as was mentioned.
milkshaw -

I am talking about the people who never venture outside the big distros. I like MEPIS myself. I am just talking about learning...isn't that what Linux is all about?  :)
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