From: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
To: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: New year, new name!
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 20:22:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150105192214.GA17219@debian.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ=Rwfardr4HMfqj49SyzZ6-rtfLVMm4Y9eH=0RxJsRV9+F_tg@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 10:09:09AM -0500, Thompson, David wrote:
> I don't like "Guixotic" very much.
Me neither; it apparently refers to Don Quixote, who is generally considered
as a ridiculous person disconnected from the preoccupations of its time. The
main episode that comes to mind is that of the windmills; I do not think we
should leave the impression that Guix is fighting a fight that it is bound
to lose, and that moreover is ridiculous from the start.
> On a purely sonic level, I like the way "Geist" sounds more.
"Geist" (which is also unclear how to pronounce, with probably a different
"natural" pronunciation in each European language) is a German word meaning
"spirit" or "mind" in English; it does not seem very suitable for the
GNU distribution.
If there needs to be a separate name, I think we should spend more time
searching for a better one.
Andreas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-05 19:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-04 15:12 New year, new name! Ludovic Courtès
2015-01-05 10:35 ` Adam Pribyl
2015-01-05 10:43 ` John Darrington
2015-01-05 14:40 ` Felipe López
2015-01-06 14:28 ` Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro
2015-01-06 14:58 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-01-06 19:05 ` Felipe López
2015-01-05 11:29 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-01-05 11:53 ` Svetlana Tkachenko
2015-01-05 15:30 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-01-05 16:15 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-01-05 16:53 ` Felipe López
2015-01-05 22:11 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-01-05 22:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-01-05 15:09 ` Thompson, David
2015-01-05 19:22 ` Andreas Enge [this message]
2015-01-05 19:56 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-01-13 10:20 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-01-22 17:30 ` New year, new name² Ludovic Courtès
2015-01-26 1:06 ` Daniel Pimentel
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