[Mageia-discuss] New name for cooker

[Maât]

Le 21/09/2010 16:53, Maât a écrit :
> Le 21/09/2010 09:41, Olivier Thauvin a écrit :
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I am in charge of finding the replacement name for "cooker", eg the
>> development version of Mageia.
>>
>> Like the for the distribution, the name have to be short, must not be an
>> insult any of 6000 know languages in the universe and must not refer to
>> another distribution to avoid mistake.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Hi,
>
> Perhaps something very simple can fit :
>
> As many magic potions use roots as base ingredients mixed with many
> ph34rsome others we could just use "root" or "root" :)
>   
"root" or "roots" (sorry :-/)

> The magic part with that would be obvious :)
>
> This would also be an allusion to linux superadmin account name
>
> But also "root" would be the base on which several stable branches
> rely... a nourishing base like roots bring sap to branches in trees...
> so also a symbol of life and vigour...
>
> (Tree symbology is also very important in white magic)
>
> This is short... i hope this is not and insult in the 6000 known
> languages in the universe and while this is used in every Unix, BSD and
> Linuxes i think nobody use it as a name yet...
>
> How about that ?
>
> Maât
>