skls_AT_alternametz.org writes:
> Christoph Lohmann <20h_AT_r-36.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:07:18 +0100 Carlos Torres <vlaadbrain_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Does suckless really mean "stink free" in German?
>>
>> No, but »suck« has many meanings in English, which is why it was picked
>> for the English propaganda. But in German »stinkt weniger« sounds less
>> obvious than »stinkfrei«.
>>
>
> To me the less in suckless was nearer to the german suffix "los" than
> to german "weniger"
> but it's maybe a bit idealistic.
>
> I don't know if "sauglos" means something in german but "saugt los"
> definitely does.
I know the German opposite of suckless, for one:
http://www.mux.de/images/object/19/1166867219.JPG
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Received on Fri Dec 21 2012 - 21:11:35 CET
