On Thursday 27 May 2010, Mike Fedyk wrote: >On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Ed Greshko >> >>>> I don't believe "Activities" has much meaning either... >> >> Mike Fedyk: >>> I agree. I think the word "edition" is better. Fedora KE (KDE >>> Edition) Fedora GE (Gnome Edition) etc... >> >> Activities doesn't mean anything about discs to me, either. It sounds >> more like where you'd find out about user group meetings. If you were >> going to name differently oriented disc releases, there's three names >> that spring to mind: discs, releases, versions, and editions. >> >> e.g. Fedora Gnome disc >> Fedora Gnome release >> Fedora Gnome edition > >In the USA, spin has a negative connotation. See "spin doctor". > >Is the name "spin" in fedora open to be changed? Hopefully a word can >be chosen that doesn't have a pejorative use in some area... > At one point they were called re-spins, which does seem to be a more suitable name. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. -- John Naisbitt, Megatrends -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
