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The name "kbin", what's the inspiration/logic/origin?

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[โ€“] Otome-chan@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@ike according to ernest it stems from /sbin. though one of the early instances was named karabin based on the karabine gun and thus shortened to kbin (or rather expanded from kbin).

[โ€“] ike@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Otome-chan@kbin.social Thanks! Linux reference always welcome. Luckily it has a natural ring to it aurally.