On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 04:28:54PM +0100, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel wrote: > >"Fedora" is the name of our project. Our general-purpose Linux > >distribution is "Fedora Linux". Let's refer to it that way in the > >OS itself. > > 1. "Fedora" is shorter and better, IMO. The "Core" suffix was > dropped years ago. Check this out from back in the day: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Logo-history-variations.jpg Under that scheme, it was obvious that we did a number of different things, all of them "Fedora". The merger with Extras and creation of a real community project was essential to our ongoing success, but it also introduced a community / output confusion. This has gotten worse in recent years as we introduce new and different things, leading to things like people saying "Oh, that's in CoreOS, not Fedora", where the shorthand is more confusing than helpful. > 2. Why Linux and not GNU/Linux? Linux is just a kernel. GNU/Linux is an OS. Fedora Linux is an OS. Although GNU project utilities are indeed essential, Fedora Linux consists of more than those plus Linux, and the contributions of many of those other projects is equally essential. Additonally: * We are not part of GNU, and in fact listed by them as specifically not endorsed because we have policy disagreements. * Interjections aside, "Linux" is what people in general know. Adding more words and punctuation does not seem as good for a general audience. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Project Leader _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
