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Debian is forked. Meet Devuan

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One Problem (Score: 3, Insightful)

by venkman@pipedot.org on 2014-11-28 21:04 (#2VAY)

The amount of fanfare given for this announcement is much more than is warranted, but in any case I wish the team well. Based on one thing though, I do believe they have already shown that this fork is more an ideological exercise than an effort to make a distro that is better for users. Picking a name is important and the team has failed miserably. If you have to explain how to pronounce it, you lose interest of potential users. Why not just pick a simple name?

Re: One Problem (Score: 1)

by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-11-28 21:09 (#2VAZ)

The amount of fanfare given for this announcement is much more than is warranted,
Agreed. Too early for that.
If you have to explain how to pronounce it, you lose interest of potential users.
Ummm... don't think so. How do you pronounce 'Qt'? I rarely speak names, since I mostly communicate with colleagues via mail or forums. And Devuan is very good for googling.

Re: One Problem (Score: 3, Interesting)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-11-28 21:19 (#2VB0)

I think it works. Anyone who's ever ordered Sechuan chicken will know how to say it. The V in the middle is clearly a reference to SysV. It's short, simple, and I'm imagining a logo like dV, which would work.

There are far worse names out there - just search this site for Friday Distros.

Re: One Problem (Score: 1)

by venkman@pipedot.org on 2014-11-29 01:27 (#2VB6)

I guess you're right. Maybe I was just hoping a fork could right the wrong of Debian's name coming from "Deb + Ian".

Re: One Problem (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-11-29 02:26 (#2VB9)

Which makes recent antifeminist comments quite funny in the light that the OS is named after a woman. Perhaps if this was more widely known some people would not bother submitting crap casino games if they knew :)

Re: One Problem (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-11-29 02:58 (#2VBC)

A woman who divorced Ian?
Yea that really proves something, maybe not what you're getting at.

When Debian was named the Ian was a romantic.
Now he's a realist. No reason to change the name tho. No airbrushing of history.

Re: One Problem (Score: 1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-11-29 04:47 (#2VBH)

Thanks for the history lesson. Never knew that.

Now I am wondering if the hard heads will come forward and demand that .deb be changed to .ian with a distro name of Ian
Maybe we could have a poll to see what names Debian would be if this held sway. Ian? Ianalone? Iandme? JustIan? IanOne? Ianian? This could be humorous (special note: only for those with a sense of humor) :)

Re: One Problem (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-11-29 10:08 (#2VBV)

Wow, I never knew that either. A better lesson for 'why not to do business with/name things after people you love' has never existed.

I were him, after the divorce I would've renamed it "Dorkian" or "Dumbian" as a reminder.

Re: One Problem (Score: -1, Troll)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-11-30 08:10 (#2VDE)

Hans Reiser had the correct solution to the problem you describe.

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