GNUtard

English

Etymology

From GNU +‎ -tard.

Noun

GNUtard (plural GNUtards)

1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory) A passionate advocate of GNU software and the GNU philosophy.
   • 2010 October 13, Alexander Terekhov, “Sharing the GPL source code, with value addition by vendor specific to his hardware?”, in gnu.misc.discuss‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Best Buy Co., Inc. on the other hand is still pressing its suit against moronic GNUtard plaintiffs: […]

   • 2014 January 29, Silver Slimer, “Snit's the victor”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy‎^[2] (Usenet):

     QWERTY keyboards are the best because that's what I use and if I use them, they must be awesome (GNUtard logic).

   • 2020 January 2, Tig Welder, “Why Linux Sucks- 2020 Version”, in alt.os.linux‎^[3] (Usenet):

     I'm not even going to talk about the ego controversies between Linux users when it comes to being superior by using an editor over another, or even if it's about distros. Linus Torvalds flipped his middle finger and said "Fuck You" to NVIDIA, well I guess you know why... NVIDIA doesn't really like GNUtards sucking on their balls for decent drivers, specially if they don't know how to suck balls.