[PLUG] "Gender" issues

[Charles Allen]

>BTW, WTF does "Gender" issues mean?  How does gender apply to linux
>distros?

from www.webster.com

Main Entry: 1gen·der
Pronunciation: 'jen-d&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English gendre, from Middle French genre, gendre, from
Latin gener-, genus birth, race, kind, gender -- more at KIN
Date: 14th century

1 a : a subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or
verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on
distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence,
or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or
grammatical forms b : membership of a word or a grammatical form in such a
subclass c : an inflectional form showing membership in such a subclass

2 a : SEX <the feminine gender> b : the behavioral, cultural, or
psychological traits typically associated with one sex
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I just picked an attention getter and I use deffinition 1c as a best fit.
Kind of like the different distros are different genders of Linux.  Same
basic design with some major and minor differences.  And it's latin
derivitive is gener/genus blah blah...

-chuck