Considering the recent news/proposal from SUSE about OpenSUSE rebranding - what do you think would be some fitting names for the distro/community?

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With a new package manager named vent

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If there’s a package conflict that requires the user’s choice, it shall be called an emergency meeting

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AmogOS

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already exists, amazingly

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openDSUS4

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Green Hat

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Ubunot

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Ubun’t

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Genalso

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[Sorry for the double reply]

Here’s a silly idea: what about ZagrOS? “Zagros” is the name of the mountain range where the ancient city of Susa used to be. It’s like the city was too small for the project, so they took over the whole mountain range, so they went from [open]SUSE to ZagrOS.

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Love it

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If you shorten OpenSUSE to OS, then add OS to the end (shorthand for operating system), you get OSOS.

Job done.

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OpenSUSE Open Source Operating System.
OSOSOS

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but then alphabetize it for readability

OOOSSS

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@superkret@feddit.org @spujb@lemmy.cafe The beauty of these options is that pronunciations will continue to differ the way folks pronounce OpenSUSE differently.

Is OSOS pronounced as oh-sos or os-os?

Is OSOSOS pronounced as os-os-os or as oh-sos–sos or as oh-so–sos?

Is OOOSSS pronounced as ooze or as oo-ss or as o-se?

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(OS)²

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Will cause confusion with people who remember os/2

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Means “bears” in spanish

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bearOS

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Would OSOS be a recursive name like AROS (Amiga Research Operating System, changed to AROS Research Operating System)?

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GeckoOS

or my personal favourite, OpenSUS

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Agreed. The name is a bit silly, but “Fedora” is silly too, or “OpenSUSE” wtf?

I think “Ubuntu” or “Arch” are names that make sense. Everything with “OS” in the name is kinda amateur-ish.

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MacOS and iOS are good examples of amateur marketing

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I think Fedora is a great name

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Unfortunately already taken

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GeckOS

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GeckoOS is unfortunately also taken

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