perhaps ESUS?
openSeas Linux
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Agree with what you said.
Is this a serious proposal, as in openSUSE has to change their name from openSUSE in the future? The way the first post was presented it looked like this was hypothetical fun 
Refer to the original topic
which itself came from
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Hi All! Interesting discussion. Would ‘Primal Linux’ pass the test? or just Primal?
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Keep in mind that when this is done, it will take a very long time before the old name will no longer be used and the new one is fully accepted.
Look at what some billionaire did with the name Twitter calling it X. Still people call it Twitter and tweeting and it could well be that this is never gonna end.
I can imagine that when the name SUSE and openSUSE are look-a-likes that it causes confusion, but changing a name which has been used for so long, is widely know for delivering great distro’s seems to me a drastic measure and should be avoided. I can’t imagine there are no other ways of dealing with the issue at hand.
Think about that before you decide to start using whatever name is chosen. This will hurt the brand big time.
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drifting_along
tumbling_tumbleweed
From the old Gene Autry song - Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweed
OpenSUS
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This is the best and most serious proposal of all so far imo.
Spectral Linux
The only drawback is maybe, that Spectral is the name of a flexible JSON/YAML linter and seems trademarket according the information available on their website.
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I really like the idea of using indigenous names, and that’s what I also proposed in another post. I really like NamaquaOS, or something going in this direction.
This is a proposition of mine in another post:
Tokek seems to be the Javanese word for the Tokay Gecko - TokekOS or Tokex (x for Linux but the x is far fetched).
But I would honestly prefer, that we stick to a chameleon, since the logo is a chameleon and not a gecko.
I think, I prefer NamaquaOS over Spectral OS. The word Spectral, has nothing to do with chameleons, apart from being given to the chameleon - probably because the species has good camouflage and is a bit ghostly in appearance. But it’s definitely not a word that is associated with Chameleons, and people are probably thinking about ghosts first. People might find it weird.
Namaqua might actually make people curious about the species and people might be quicker to associate it with a Chameleon.
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I liked Namaqua, it seems like a good name for the project 
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But remember that the proposal is for the name of the project, so there won’t be something like NamaquaOS or Namaqua Linux, I think it will just be Namaqua.
The problem with names like Namaqua, Tokek, openSousánnā and others are diverse:
- No connection whatsoever with Linux or openSUSE itself. No good “story” or marketing can be built from it.
- it is absolutely not necessary to choose a chameleon name for the project. Is openSUSE a chameleon name? No. Also, not all openSUSE products have a chameleon as a logo…
- nobody knows how to emphasize or pronounce such names correctly (a diverse community from countless countries with countless languages)
Which speaks in favor of names like Spectral Linux and can be marketed attractively:
- it reflects the diversity of the different products (Leap, Slowroll, Tumbleweed, Aeon, Kalpa,…)
→ Spectral Linux. With a product for YOUR needs! - it reflects the multinational, colorful and lively community behind the project
→ Spectral Linux. Join the vibrant, helpfull and multicultural community behind it!
→ Spectral Linux. Emerged from SUSE and openSUSE with an lively history. Developed by Linux enthusiasts.
Easy catching and fitting slogans which can be built out of this project name.
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Very interesting opinions. Just be in mind that there won’t be something like Spectral Linux, the project name is openSUSE not openSUSE Linux
Who says that is not possible to have “Linux” in the project name? Isn’t this project about Linux open source products? Does openSUSE build washing maschines or hair dryers? Why not carve out the meaning of the project and what it stands for: open source, community, products for everybody…based on and centered around Linux.
@hui take a look: about Linux in the name
This is a self-imposed limitation that is also based on a questionable justification. It is only a change of the project name. The purpose or products won’t change. Also openSUSE is a project, centered around and based on Linux…and not washing maschines or MS Windows products.
It is like denying your history and purpose.
A project name should identify what it stands for and what it’s purpose is. Not a fantasy name without connection to the products which nobody can spell properly.
A new name without any connection to the former openSUSE brand or Linux is hard to deliver, distribute or marketed.
With the word “Linux” in the project name, you have a kind of “bridge” which can easily be used to advertise the new project which is based on open source, openSUSE, Linux and the community.
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The question is in a way kinda ethical and philosophical: why speak of the organisation and it’s projects as ‘products’? OpenSource projects are by no means ‘products’! These are mostly community driven projects, that live by the will of the community and participation of everyone. The main idea of opensource, free software and generally Linux distribution is not to be a product but a tool or a gift - for everyone to use. I highly dislike this kind of talk. We are not merchandise, and while I wish for people to use and like Linux and OpenSUSE, I do not think that considering it a ‘product’ and considering everything under a normative captitalistic point of view is healthy for any openSource project (and by that I do not mean, that hard work and commitment to build a Linux distro shouldn’t be rewarded and I would honestly wish for a world where developers and volunteers carrying a lot of weight through these projects would get rewarded accurately).
Also, do you really think, that other names like “debian”, “Mint” or any other Linux distribution names fulfills marketing purposes?
While it is a valid question, I would argue that in the imaginary of a lot of linux users, OpenSUSE is profoundly connected to a chameleon. Just check out some videos (The Linux Cast, The Linux Experiment and others), videos talking about openSUSE do not have ‘OpenSUSE’ in the title or the thumbnail, but the Chameleon is displayed (the same is true for when they are talking about the distro).
And this was already the case with OpenSUSE, where nobody who isn’t german has an idea how to pronounce SUSE correctly.
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OpenSosa: A tribute to the character in the movie Scarface. “Say hello to my lil’ operating system”
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