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Subject:    [Mageia-discuss] Codename suggestion
From:       vfmbofh () gmail ! com (vfmBOFH)
Date:       2010-09-19 21:54:14
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2010/9/19 Thomas Lottmann <skiperdrake at gmail.com>

>  Le 19/09/2010 23:40, Andr? Machado a ?crit :
>
>   I suggest what 1st Mageia version be called "Xavante"
>
> Xavante is a Brazil indigene tribe. When Brazilian distro Conectiva was
> sold to Mandrake to form Mandriva, at the late 2005, some Conectiva users
> tried to create a fork called Xavante - just like is happening now-, but the
> distro was not ahead.
>
> Would be a surprising and amazing tribute if this codename was adopted and
> would recognize the Brazilians as part of Mandriva operatting system and,
> now, from Mageia operating system.
>
>
> I guess the first release of Mageia will need to have a more symbolic name,
> like Fedora has, a name that is symbolic even for people that are not inside
> the community. Sadly Xavante will not mean anything for people from outside,
> that's why a much more powerful name would be better to have a great meaning
> (and why not link it to the artwork? Well, that'll be to determine in the
> future).
>
> Yet, using Xavante as a little name for one of the pre-releases of the
> first stable release for Mageia could be really nice.
>
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My two cents:

We could use "Lazarus", giving a response to all people ou' there was
speaking the "death" of Mandriva and it's community.

Cheers
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