The Jargon File

Ah yes, the yearly posting of the Jargon File.

<p><pre><code> ed@e:~$ aptitude search jargon | grep Lexicon i dict-jargon - dict package for The Jargon Lexicon </code></pre> Essential.

An oldie but a goodie!

The Jargon File is a relic. Not only that, it's in some cases overly influenced by ESR's views, see for example that hacker politics are "more recently moderate-to-neoconservative" (as well as the anti-idiotarianism entry).<p>We should start a NEW new hacker's dictionary.