On Apr 15, 2009, Fabianne Balvedi <[email protected]> wrote: > When I just saw the page, I thought they were the same, > stux and freetz, so I dint't get the idea why there should be > two mascots or two names for the same mascot.
Yeah, that's kind of my fault. When I first say Stux, I thought he was perfect. It was Tomás who pointed out he was a prisoner. When Freetz came up, I had it in my mind that they were close, but not quite the same, kind of like those "which soap makes for whiter clothes" comparisons in soap ads. So I started using Stux in the context of the non-Free Linux (cute and friendly looks, but not Free), and Freetz in the context of Linux-libre. But I was hardly clear on that. I don't think it's too late to fix it. Naming them differently is supposed to help with that. > Also I dont't know where the name freetz came from, First time I thought of this name was during a conversation (not to say heated discussion) about how unfair it was that the name of the kernel ended up in the name of the operating system product of the company I work with, while the name of the operating system didn't. It was wordplay with Freax, the original name for Linux, but I don't think Freetz stood for a kernel in the hypothetical scenario I presented. > so If I have to pick one, I'd stick with the stuck :) We could, but we don't have to :-) Thanks for your feedback. -- Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/ You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi Be Free! -- http://FSFLA.org/ FSF Latin America board member Free Software Evangelist Red Hat Brazil Compiler Engineer _______________________________________________ linux-libre mailing list [email protected] http://www.fsfla.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre
