From: Dmitri Paduchikh <dpaduchikh@gmail.com>
To: bug-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Distro name
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:49:17 +0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87obh7jlwi.fsf@dpaduchikh.invalid> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1357160753.31997@bluehome.net> (Jason Self's message of "Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:05:54 -0800 (PST)")
Jason Self wrote:
> Why not call the distro "GNU"? :) After almost 30 years it's about
> time.
For 30 years "GNU" has acquired much broader meaning than just a distro.
You will have to differentiate distro name from this broader meaning
constantly qualifying that it is Guix distro which you are talking
about. And it will be harder to search in Google.
--
With best regards
Dmitri Paduchikh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-02 21:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-02 18:02 Distro name Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-02 21:05 ` Jason Self
2013-01-02 21:38 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-02 22:51 ` Jason Self
2013-01-02 23:32 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-02 21:49 ` Dmitri Paduchikh [this message]
2013-01-02 23:14 ` Jason Self
2013-01-02 21:33 ` Dmitri Paduchikh
2013-01-02 21:42 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-03 1:22 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2013-01-02 22:42 ` Andreas Enge
2013-01-02 22:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-02 23:09 ` Dmitri Paduchikh
2013-01-03 8:45 ` Andreas Enge
2013-01-03 14:37 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-03 16:42 ` Andreas Enge
2013-01-03 1:12 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2013-01-15 21:36 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-16 8:38 ` Andreas Enge
2013-01-16 16:56 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-17 15:02 ` Andreas Enge
2013-01-18 1:28 ` Ludovic Courtès
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