On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: > Hi, Guix! > > Long story short, I’m tempted to refer to the standalone distro as > “Guixotic”. The name was proposed by RMS; it’s a play on words that > makes fun of criticisms that have depicted the GNU project as > “quixotic”. And it has the advantage of starting with “Guix”. (The > other name that I liked is “Geist”, which someone proposed on IRC, but > it lacks those traits.)
I don't like "Guixotic" very much. It's quite awkward to say and read for the first time. On a purely sonic level, I like the way "Geist" sounds more. I don't want this discussion to go on forever, and I'll yield to whichever name is the most popular, but maybe it would be nice to have two more reasonable names to choose from. I was perusing words that start with "G" and saw "Gingko", which is a cool plant native to China, and "Ganymede", a Greek god and one of Jupiter's moons. Or how about we do away with humility, and call it "Glorious"? ;) That's all I have to share. Hope I didn't open a can of worms. - Dave
