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____/ Homer on Saturday 16 Jan 2010 03:16 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that JeffM spake thusly:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Elive 1.9.56 development released
>>>
>> Caveat: Elive is payware.
>
> Nothing wrong with making money from Free Software:
>
> http://www.elivecd.org/Help/FAQ#free
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
>
>>> Clonezilla Live
>>>
>> Some grouse about it not being as graphical as Gparted.
>
> However, Gparted still doesn't support LVM2, unlike CloneZilla. This is
> a show stopper for me.
>
>>> Scientific Linux Fermi 4.8
>>>
>> The worst name ever for a distro; the name reflects the vocation of
>> its creators--not its intended use.
>
> Oh, I dunno. "Linpus" is much worse (Linux on crutches, anyone?).
>
> And what's the "intended use" of Fedora? The OS you wear on your head?
>
> SUSE is also named after a company (Software und Systementwicklung mbH)
> rather than being an intended use (how does one "SUSE" anyway?). Debian
> is named after its creator (and wife), Debra and Ian, and I really don't
> intend using either Debra or Ian any time soon.
>
> In fact, are there /any/ GNU/Linux distros whose name actually reflects
> the intended use?
>
> Hmm, well Ubuntu is "I am because we all are", or something, which has a
> sort of community (a la Free Software community) meaning ("I intend
> being part of a community"). Slackware is derived from the Church of the
> SubGenius' pursuit of "Slack", which they define as "freedom,
> independence, and original thinking that comes when you achieve your
> personal goals". Gentoo is a really fast type of penguin, so one could
> argue that one intends to use speed (just say no).
>
> So I suppose the ideal GNU/Linux distro name would be, "Genacktu",
> meaning "I am a free, independent, original thinker who achieved his
> personal goals with speed, because we are all free, independent,
> original thinkers who achieved our personal goals with speed".
>
> Sounds like a stockbroker.
"When I do this, some people think that it's because I want my ego to be
fed, right? Of course, I'm not asking you to call it "Stallmanix"!"
--Richard Stallman
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~~ Best of wishes
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