Comments on: 5 Interesting Linux Distro Names http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/ Yet Another Blogger's Blog Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:32:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nihar http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/comment-page-1/#comment-1287 Nihar Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:49:37 +0000 http://yabblog.com/?p=322#comment-1287 I didn't heard few of the 3 names from the above five list. I didn’t heard few of the 3 names from the above five list.

]]> By: silentcoder http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/comment-page-1/#comment-591 silentcoder Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:17:46 +0000 http://yabblog.com/?p=322#comment-591 I've been involved with two distro's over the years. OpenLab (now defunct) got it's name from the initial intention to create a distro for school computer labs. Kongoni (in development) takes it's name from the Shona word for a Wildebeest (gnu) and reflects it's origins as a GNU system from Africa. Since it's meant to be a fully free distro the GNU part fits even better. The name thus actually translates directly as GNU/Linux :) As for fedora, a fedora is a kind of hat, like the type Indiana Jones wears in the movies, and it was a reference to it's parent redhat distribution. There are at least 5 different theories on where the name redhat came from (the flashing "did you know" screens in RedHat 7 actually showed them all, stating each one as a canonical [no pun intended] fact). Including that Bob Young was looking for a name for his distro and saw a red chicago bulls cap lying on a shelf and promptly named it redhat. The founders took great delight in coming up with various explanations while making a point of not actually ever allowing anybody to know for certain which is true. I’ve been involved with two distro’s over the years. OpenLab (now defunct) got it’s name from the initial intention to create a distro for school computer labs.
Kongoni (in development) takes it’s name from the Shona word for a Wildebeest (gnu) and reflects it’s origins as a GNU system from Africa. Since it’s meant to be a fully free distro the GNU part fits even better. The name thus actually translates directly as GNU/Linux :)

As for fedora, a fedora is a kind of hat, like the type Indiana Jones wears in the movies, and it was a reference to it’s parent redhat distribution.

There are at least 5 different theories on where the name redhat came from (the flashing “did you know” screens in RedHat 7 actually showed them all, stating each one as a canonical [no pun intended] fact). Including that Bob Young was looking for a name for his distro and saw a red chicago bulls cap lying on a shelf and promptly named it redhat. The founders took great delight in coming up with various explanations while making a point of not actually ever allowing anybody to know for certain which is true.

]]> By: Gullit http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Gullit Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:15:16 +0000 http://yabblog.com/?p=322#comment-515 I didn't see the comment about gentoo, i'm sorry. But i found this video about RedHat it's quite a bit funny enjoy it ;) http://www.redhat.com/magazine/002dec04/features/name/ I didn’t see the comment about gentoo, i’m sorry.
But i found this video about RedHat it’s quite a bit funny
enjoy it ;)

http://www.redhat.com/magazine/002dec04/features/name/

]]> By: Gullit http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Gullit Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:05:34 +0000 http://yabblog.com/?p=322#comment-512 What about Gentoo ? and Fedora ? Fedora sounds so strange to me. :) What about Gentoo ? and Fedora ? Fedora sounds so strange to me. :)

]]> By: diesel http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/comment-page-1/#comment-489 diesel Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:51:11 +0000 http://yabblog.com/?p=322#comment-489 Thanks Chris for making it clear. All the best with sidux - great distro imho Thanks Chris for making it clear.
All the best with sidux – great distro imho

]]> By: Chris Hildebrandt http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Chris Hildebrandt Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:44:34 +0000 http://yabblog.com/?p=322#comment-488 Thanks for adding sidux here. Yep, our distribution is based on Debian Sid, so we honor our big mama by starting our name with "sid". All us founders wanted either Debian or Sid included in the name, so that's about the first part. However, the story behind the "ux" part was a well kept secret - until today. We definitely did not have the common acronym for unix related stuff in mind (while the result actually fits that one very nice, too) - but we where looking for a mix of the fun & community & linux & free for copyright aspects: Fun: Sometimes something not working "sucks", which is often written "sux" in IRC. While sux is actually a su+X-wrapper script we use in sudux, it also looks like an acronym for the distro name itself. Our first release was called chaos and came with a quite gothic black/red look, so it seems that our humor can be categorized as black. Not all of us being English native speakers we of course also had a lot of fun creating a name which is not easy to spell and pronounce. Community: One might want to understand "u" for us, and "x" for connected/communicating. most of sidux' quality comes from there, so it is a fine fit into the name. Linux: We are much closer to Linux all than other Debian based/derived distros, because we are building our own kernels directly from Linus' sources (while others just grab the kernels from the Debian kernel team). His masters' voice started the "ux" thingy, so us cattle followed the example. Free for copyright: Of course that was important, too. I would not say that sidux.com was simply the first free 5 letters .com domain I found with "sid" 3 of them, but reality is not far away from that. ;-) Greetings, Chris Thanks for adding sidux here. Yep, our distribution is based on Debian Sid, so we honor our big mama by starting our name with “sid”. All us founders wanted either Debian or Sid included in the name, so that’s about the first part.

However, the story behind the “ux” part was a well kept secret – until today. We definitely did not have the common acronym for unix related stuff in mind (while the result actually fits that one very nice, too) – but we where looking for a mix of the fun & community & linux & free for copyright aspects:

Fun: Sometimes something not working “sucks”, which is often written “sux” in IRC. While sux is actually a su+X-wrapper script we use in sudux, it also looks like an acronym for the distro name itself. Our first release was called chaos and came with a quite gothic black/red look, so it seems that our humor can be categorized as black. Not all of us being English native speakers we of course also had a lot of fun creating a name which is not easy to spell and pronounce.

Community: One might want to understand “u” for us, and “x” for connected/communicating. most of sidux’ quality comes from there, so it is a fine fit into the name.

Linux: We are much closer to Linux all than other Debian based/derived distros, because we are building our own kernels directly from Linus’ sources (while others just grab the kernels from the Debian kernel team). His masters’ voice started the “ux” thingy, so us cattle followed the example.

Free for copyright: Of course that was important, too. I would not say that sidux.com was simply the first free 5 letters .com domain I found with “sid” 3 of them, but reality is not far away from that. ;-)

Greetings,
Chris

]]> By: redwall_hp http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/comment-page-1/#comment-469 redwall_hp Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:36:53 +0000 http://yabblog.com/?p=322#comment-469 The nerve of Hearst Corporation! "Mandrake" is a dictionary word! The litigation should have been ignored... I'm sick of huge corporations walking all over everyone else with their petty lawsuits. The nerve of Hearst Corporation! “Mandrake” is a dictionary word! The litigation should have been ignored…

I’m sick of huge corporations walking all over everyone else with their petty lawsuits.

]]> By: Boycott Novell » Links 28/10/2008: CodeWeavers Sets Product Free, Dell Advertises GNU/Linux on TV http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Boycott Novell » Links 28/10/2008: CodeWeavers Sets Product Free, Dell Advertises GNU/Linux on TV Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:26:57 +0000 http://yabblog.com/?p=322#comment-462 [...] 5 Interesting Linux Distro Names [...] [...] 5 Interesting Linux Distro Names [...]

]]> By: diesel http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/comment-page-1/#comment-455 diesel Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:48:29 +0000 http://yabblog.com/?p=322#comment-455 @michael @drugs @devnet Thanks for adding. @michael
@drugs
@devnet
Thanks for adding.

]]> By: devnet http://yabblog.com/2008/10/27/5-linux-names/comment-page-1/#comment-454 devnet Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:35:47 +0000 http://yabblog.com/?p=322#comment-454 PCLinuxOS: From Texstar - "It is Linux for your Personal Computer (PC). I wanted something generic that people could easily relate to and the name matches our website (pclinuxonline.com)." PCLinuxOS: From Texstar – “It is Linux for your Personal Computer (PC). I wanted something generic that people could easily relate to and the name matches our website (pclinuxonline.com).”

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