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Dear all, Let me first define a couple of things that the community is being faced with: - Our current governance is not working. With the things we're facing and the current model / Board rules……

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

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
    01·
    3 months ago

    OS² (Open SUSE OS).

    Might have some copyright issues with OS/2 though.

    Whatever you do, keep the logo. It is good.

    Edit : Another suggestion: YALOS (Yet Another Linux OS)

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
    01·
    3 months ago

    This is my analysis of the situation: The name OpenSUSE is bad marketing and does need to change. I remember when I was choosing my distro the name was downright off-putting and made me initially overlook it as an option. It does not do OpenSUSE any favors.

    The mascot and logo are very good, however. It is a solid design. Easily recognizable, somewhat cute and friendly looking. I even made it my app launcher menu button because I liked it so much.

    The problem is that it is very difficult to base marketable name based on a chameleon. “ChamOS” or “Linux Cham” (pronounced “Kam” ), seems like a logical choice. However, people would just pronounce it “sham”, which isn’t making it any favors. You would have to drop the “H”.

    Ultimately, the name has to follow the conventions of other distros. Such as “linux X” or “X OS”, where X is an easily pronounceable name with preferably fewer syllables.

    My suggestion for names that would relate to the logo :

    • CamOS (already suggested by someone else)
    • Linux Green