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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/37281970
Believe it or not, an unexpected conflict has arisen in the openSUSE community with its long-time supporter and namesake, the SUSE company.
At the heart of this tension lies a quiet request that has stirred not-so-quiet ripples across the open source landscape: SUSE has formally asked openSUSE to discontinue using its brand name.
Richard Brown, a key figure within the openSUSE project, shared insights into the discussions that have unfolded behind closed doors.
Despite SUSE’s request’s calm and respectful tone, the implications of not meeting it could be far-reaching, threatening the symbiotic relationship that has benefited both entities over the years.
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Just change the name. It’s not a big deal. SUSE is a stupid name anyway.
I agree but it could be worse (Pop!_OS)
All people named Susanne: 😐
I think it’s one of those things that will become a bigger deal indirectly because of all the knock-on effects. Like the branding, they’ll have to have the logos all redesigned, the domain name will have to change, it’ll mess up a lot of troubleshooting when people google the old name etc.
If GeckOS doesn’t work out… SUSEbanthony, LazySUSE, SUSEsarandon, DrSUSE, uSUSEalsuspects, OkcanSUSE (must be sung)… #puns
legallyDistinctOpenSUSE
Those all use SUSE though lol
@JackbyDev @mobilehugh why not just ChamleOS?
That sounds like the worst cereal lol.
OpenSnuSnu
Lizard Linux
Lizard Linux
Lizard Linuxdeleted by creator
That is the phonetic spelling of how you’re supposed to say SUSE. It’s. SUSAhhh, like appaloosa. I know this because I watch that goofy video on youtube.
Since SUSE has its roots in Germany (it stands for Software und Systementwicklung) I think the German pronunciation would be correct which is a little different. Both S are soft and the E is short. Like “Zoos” + “Eh”.
Yeah, I’m not sure what their thinking with these pronunciation videos is. In the last frame of the video, they even show the phonetic pronunciation with a schwa, which is certainly not how the guy pronounces it.
We do also have an actual word “Suse” in German, which has a documented pronunciation: https://www.dwds.de/wb/Suse
OpenSOOSE
OpenSUS
OpenSusame
open sesame
Zuse Linux
openZUSE
New name suggestion:
“The Distro Formerly Known As openSUSE”
same energy (and impact) as “X formerly known as Twitter”
Which is the same energy as Prince has with this, sweet summer child.
Yes, this is actually where I was going with it
It’s a play on “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince”
openDISTROFORMALLYASKEDBYSUSETOREBRAND
I do hope that’s an acronym, too. 🙃
TDFKOS
Careful, Germans take it seriously.
Call it gecs os and have 100 gecs do the promotion for it.
They should name it something original like Green Lantern
HA!
OpenSussy
OpenSueUs
Holy shit that was so good lol
Off the top of my head…
- Gecko or GeckOS
- LizOS
- ReptilOS
- ChamelOS
- KomodOS
