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What does kbin mean? Why is kbin.social called that? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Comment105@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Is it just random letters arrived to by keyboard mashing like a lot of federated websites seem, or is there any thought behind it?

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[–] all-knight-party@kbin.cafe 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd read somewhere that there's some sort of Linux programming reference in the name, but I don't know anything about Linux so I can't quite remember. Don't quote me on that, though

[–] m_randall@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

Linux has directories (folders) that contain programs. The two major conventions are /bin (short for binary which is another name for an executable program) and sbin (system/super user binaries).

Kbin seems like a play off of that, don’t know what the k implies tho.