A better name for spins... (was: Regarding Get Fedora page)
Mike Fedyk
mfedyk at mikefedyk.com
Fri May 28 03:44:06 UTC 2010
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Ed Greshko
>>> I don't believe "Activities" has much meaning either...
>
> Mike Fedyk:
>> I agree. I think the word "edition" is better. Fedora KE (KDE
>> Edition) Fedora GE (Gnome Edition) etc...
>
> Activities doesn't mean anything about discs to me, either. It sounds
> more like where you'd find out about user group meetings. If you were
> going to name differently oriented disc releases, there's three names
> that spring to mind: discs, releases, versions, and editions.
>
> e.g. Fedora Gnome disc
> Fedora Gnome release
> Fedora Gnome edition
In the USA, spin has a negative connotation. See "spin doctor".
Is the name "spin" in fedora open to be changed? Hopefully a word can
be chosen that doesn't have a pejorative use in some area...
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