From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Thompson, David" Subject: Re: New year, new name! Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 10:09:09 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87egra60mo.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40914) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y89HR-0005LO-P3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:09:18 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y89HL-0002dH-Sd for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:09:17 -0500 Received: from na3sys009aog126.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.155]:47867 helo=mail-pa0-f48.google.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y89HL-0002co-LZ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:09:11 -0500 Received: by mail-pa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id rd3so28823578pab.35 for ; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 07:09:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87egra60mo.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Hi, Guix! > > Long story short, I=E2=80=99m tempted to refer to the standalone distro a= s > =E2=80=9CGuixotic=E2=80=9D. The name was proposed by RMS; it=E2=80=99s a= play on words that > makes fun of criticisms that have depicted the GNU project as > =E2=80=9Cquixotic=E2=80=9D. And it has the advantage of starting with = =E2=80=9CGuix=E2=80=9D. (The > other name that I liked is =E2=80=9CGeist=E2=80=9D, which someone propose= d on IRC, but > it lacks those traits.) I don't like "Guixotic" very much. It's quite awkward to say and read for the first time. On a purely sonic level, I like the way "Geist" sounds more. I don't want this discussion to go on forever, and I'll yield to whichever name is the most popular, but maybe it would be nice to have two more reasonable names to choose from. I was perusing words that start with "G" and saw "Gingko", which is a cool plant native to China, and "Ganymede", a Greek god and one of Jupiter's moons. Or how about we do away with humility, and call it "Glorious"? ;) That's all I have to share. Hope I didn't open a can of worms. - Dave