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From: | Jude Rubini |
Subject: | Re: What to call Guix |
Date: | Mon, 19 Jan 2015 08:24:17 -0500 |
>This leads me to think of calling it an "avant-garde distribution".
>Perhaps "The GNU Project's avant-garde distribution of GNU/Linux".I think the name is fitting for Guix and I wouldn't disapprove, though I don't think is the best and there can be better.I would suggest "GNU's distribution of itself", though that spins in circles and I don't think you or a lot of other people would like it.On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]]
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I am thinking about the idea of calling Guix "the reference distribution"
of GNU. That term seems inappropriate in two ways:
* It comes from "reference implementation", which means an
implementation intended mainly to be studied when making other
implementations, rather than for real use. Guix is not meant
only to be studied.
* It suggests something that is basic and not at all fancy, whereas
Guix is an innovative experimental approach.
This leads me to think of calling it an "avant-garde distribution".
Perhaps "The GNU Project's avant-garde distribution of GNU/Linux".
This also avoids the undesirable effect of suggesting that other
free distros are rejected.
What do people think?
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