I've just joined the Fedora Project and, after a fair amount of fumbling around, managed to add Bernhardt as a suggestion to the bottom of the list at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Name_suggestions_for_Fedora_19#Suggestion_Tab...
As a comment, it wasn't at all obvious that the only way to do this was to edit the wiki page to add your idea to the list. Here's hoping that it gets accepted!
16.10.2012 23:11, Joe Zeff:
I've just joined the Fedora Project and, after a fair amount of fumbling around, managed to add Bernhardt as a suggestion to the bottom of the list at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Name_suggestions_for_Fedora_19#Suggestion_Tab...
Not bad. Nevertheless my favourite is "Eyjafjallajökull". Granted, it's a stupid name for a Linux distribution, but the "Is a..."-explanation is absolutely convincing.
On 10/17/2012 12:31 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
16.10.2012 23:11, Joe Zeff:
I've just joined the Fedora Project and, after a fair amount of fumbling around, managed to add Bernhardt as a suggestion to the bottom of the list at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Name_suggestions_for_Fedora_19#Suggestion_Tab...
Not bad. Nevertheless my favourite is "Eyjafjallajökull". Granted, it's a stupid name for a Linux distribution, but the "Is a..."-explanation is absolutely convincing.
How do you pronounce it?
17.10.2012 18:37, Joe Zeff:
On 10/17/2012 12:31 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
16.10.2012 23:11, Joe Zeff:
I've just joined the Fedora Project and, after a fair amount of fumbling around, managed to add Bernhardt as a suggestion to the bottom of the list at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Name_suggestions_for_Fedora_19#Suggestion_Tab...
Not bad. Nevertheless my favourite is "Eyjafjallajökull". Granted, it's a stupid name for a Linux distribution, but the "Is a..."-explanation is absolutely convincing.
How do you pronounce it?
Does that really matter? But if you insist: pronouncing it in a similar way as "I fart cool" should come close, I think. Better ask that someone from Iceland, though...
On 10/17/2012 10:56 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
Does that really matter? But if you insist: pronouncing it in a similar way as "I fart cool" should come close, I think. Better ask that someone from Iceland, though...
Well, yes, it does, because people are going to want to be able to talk about it. Do you really think that "I fart cool" is an appropriate name for a Fedora version? For that matter, was Beefy Miracle really that appropriate?
17.10.2012 20:33, Joe Zeff:
Well, yes, it does, because people are going to want to be able to talk about it. Do you really think that "I fart cool" is an appropriate name for a Fedora version? For that matter, was Beefy Miracle really that appropriate?
I already answered that question in my first post to this thread.
Joe Zeff wrote:
On 10/17/2012 10:56 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
Does that really matter? But if you insist: pronouncing it in a similar way as "I fart cool" should come close, I think. Better ask that someone from Iceland, though...
Well, yes, it does, because people are going to want to be able to talk about it. Do you really think that "I fart cool" is an appropriate name for a Fedora version? For that matter, was Beefy Miracle really that appropriate?
A release name is just a way to identify a set, and if Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich are okay, why not Beefy Miracle? Essentially none are "meaningful," simply unique identifiers used to facilitate identification. It is a lot less likely to say the wrong version when they are unlike than to say an incorrect Windows version.
If I can find a copy of my essay on naming units I'll post a link, Google can't find it. IIRC the original title was "Disambiguation of unit names in scientific nomenclature" and the proceedings replaced it with "What's in a Name?" and used the original title as a subtitle in the article itself.
On 10/22/2012 09:44 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
A release name is just a way to identify a set, and if Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich are okay, why not Beefy Miracle? Essentially none are "meaningful," simply unique identifiers used to facilitate identification. It is a lot less likely to say the wrong version when they are unlike than to say an incorrect Windows version.
If I can find a copy of my essay on naming units I'll post a link, Google can't find it. IIRC the original title was "Disambiguation of unit names in scientific nomenclature" and the proceedings replaced it with "What's in a Name?" and used the original title as a subtitle in the article itself.
Wasn't this basic line of reasoning the same used to start giving names to hurricanes?
Markus Schönhaber:
Nevertheless my favourite is "Eyjafjallajökull". Granted, it's a stupid name for a Linux distribution, but the "Is a..."-explanation is absolutely convincing.
Joe Zeff:
How do you pronounce it?
Dunno, but people around you say "Gesundheit!" as they wipe the front of themselves down. ;-)
2012-10-17 18:37, Joe Zeff skrev:
On 10/17/2012 12:31 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
16.10.2012 23:11, Joe Zeff:
I've just joined the Fedora Project and, after a fair amount of fumbling around, managed to add Bernhardt as a suggestion to the bottom of the list at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Name_suggestions_for_Fedora_19#Suggestion_Tab...
Not bad. Nevertheless my favourite is "Eyjafjallajökull". Granted, it's a stupid name for a Linux distribution, but the "Is a..."-explanation is absolutely convincing.
How do you pronounce it?
Try following URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull
Joe Zeff wrote:
On 10/17/2012 12:31 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
16.10.2012 23:11, Joe Zeff:
I've just joined the Fedora Project and, after a fair amount of fumbling around, managed to add Bernhardt as a suggestion to the bottom of the list at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Name_suggestions_for_Fedora_19#Suggestion_Tab...
Not bad. Nevertheless my favourite is "Eyjafjallajökull". Granted, it's a stupid name for a Linux distribution, but the "Is a..."-explanation is absolutely convincing.
How do you pronounce it?
Incorrectly, I'm sure :-(
On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 14:11 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
I've just joined the Fedora Project and, after a fair amount of fumbling around, managed to add Bernhardt as a suggestion to the bottom of the
As the neighborhood cynic let me say that I usually forget the name of the distro after a week or so. I'm still trying to get past Froyo, Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich as something that grownups use.
On 10/17/2012 11:50 AM, Fedora User wrote:
On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 14:11 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
I've just joined the Fedora Project and, after a fair amount of fumbling around, managed to add Bernhardt as a suggestion to the bottom of the
As the neighborhood cynic let me say that I usually forget the name of the distro after a week or so. I'm still trying to get past Froyo, Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich as something that grownups use.
Me too, for the most part. And, you'll note, very few people ever used the version names before F17. I like the fact that F18 will be Spherical Cow, because it's something of a reducto ad absurdum. The reason I'm suggesting Bernhardt for F19 is as a tribute to the origin of the Fedora hat. (BTW, if we can get it accepted, we could then suggest Trilby for F20, because it's a variation on the Fedora that was introduced in a play of that name. No, I'm not an expert on hats; I just have too much time on my hands that gets spent wandering around Wikipedia.)
Joe,
I like the sensibility you are suggesting bringing Fedora (names) back to.
R, -Joe
From: Joe Zeff joe@zeff.us To: Community support for Fedora users users@lists.fedoraproject.org Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:02 PM Subject: Re: Suggestion for F19
On 10/17/2012 11:50 AM, Fedora User wrote:
On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 14:11 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
I've just joined the Fedora Project and, after a fair amount of fumbling around, managed to add Bernhardt as a suggestion to the bottom of the
As the neighborhood cynic let me say that I usually forget the name of the distro after a week or so. I'm still trying to get past Froyo, Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich as something that grownups use.
Me too, for the most part. And, you'll note, very few people ever used the version names before F17. I like the fact that F18 will be Spherical Cow, because it's something of a reducto ad absurdum. The reason I'm suggesting Bernhardt for F19 is as a tribute to the origin of the Fedora hat. (BTW, if we can get it accepted, we could then suggest Trilby for F20, because it's a variation on the Fedora that was introduced in a play of that name. No, I'm not an expert on hats; I just have too much time on my hands that gets spent wandering around Wikipedia.) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
On 10/17/2012 12:31 PM, Joe Wulf wrote:
Joe,
I like the sensibility you are suggesting bringing Fedora (names) back to.
R, -Joe
Thanx. My objection to Beefy Miracle is that it looks suggestive. Not because I mind it being suggestive as such, but because I'm afraid that middle-management in businesses might well be turned off by it. After all, they might well reason, nobody would ever give a serious project a name like that.
On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 13:06 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 10/17/2012 12:31 PM, Joe Wulf wrote:
Joe,
I like the sensibility you are suggesting bringing Fedora (names) back to.
R, -Joe
Thanx. My objection to Beefy Miracle is that it looks suggestive. Not because I mind it being suggestive as such, but because I'm afraid that middle-management in businesses might well be turned off by it. After all, they might well reason, nobody would ever give a serious project a name like that.
I agree. How about name F19 just F19. Easy to say, easy to write, and translates well into most languages that use Latin fonts for writing.
Chunky, or whatever Miracle sounds a bit like a Ubuntu fan boy - sorry, I had to say that. Fred
Fred Erickson wrote:
On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 13:06 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 10/17/2012 12:31 PM, Joe Wulf wrote:
Joe,
I like the sensibility you are suggesting bringing Fedora (names) back to.
R, -Joe
Thanx. My objection to Beefy Miracle is that it looks suggestive. Not because I mind it being suggestive as such, but because I'm afraid that middle-management in businesses might well be turned off by it. After all, they might well reason, nobody would ever give a serious project a name like that.
I agree. How about name F19 just F19. Easy to say, easy to write, and translates well into most languages that use Latin fonts for writing.
Chunky, or whatever Miracle sounds a bit like a Ubuntu fan boy - sorry, I had to say that.
Depends on your frame of reference, "Beefy Miracle" sounds to me like female I might have dated in my teens.
Joe Zeff wrote:
On 10/17/2012 12:31 PM, Joe Wulf wrote:
Joe,
I like the sensibility you are suggesting bringing Fedora (names) back to.
R, -Joe
Thanx. My objection to Beefy Miracle is that it looks suggestive. Not because I mind it being suggestive as such, but because I'm afraid that middle-management in businesses might well be turned off by it. After all, they might well reason, nobody would ever give a serious project a name like that.
And no one would be dumb enough to rename their serious application delivery system from "app store" to "Google Play" I suppose. Yes, management still is offended by that name.
El mié, 17-10-2012 a las 12:02 -0700, Joe Zeff escribió:
On 10/17/2012 11:50 AM, Fedora User wrote:
On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 14:11 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
I've just joined the Fedora Project and, after a fair amount of fumbling around, managed to add Bernhardt as a suggestion to the bottom of the
As the neighborhood cynic let me say that I usually forget the name of the distro after a week or so. I'm still trying to get past Froyo, Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich as something that grownups use.
Me too, for the most part. And, you'll note, very few people ever used the version names before F17. I like the fact that F18 will be Spherical Cow, because it's something of a reducto ad absurdum. The reason I'm suggesting Bernhardt for F19 is as a tribute to the origin of the Fedora hat. (BTW, if we can get it accepted, we could then suggest Trilby for F20, because it's a variation on the Fedora that was introduced in a play of that name. No, I'm not an expert on hats; I just have too much time on my hands that gets spent wandering around Wikipedia.)
It would be funny to have a distribution called Bernhardt and later a distribution called Trilby. I like it!
Regards, Lailah
-
Bill Davidsen -
Fedora User -
Fred -
Joe Wulf -
Joe Zeff -
Jon Ingason -
Markus Schönhaber -
Stephen Berg (Contractor) -
Sylvia Sánchez -
Tim