The Linux distros are a whole ecosystem of other interesting software. Each one is special and unique addition to each address the same paradigm, the creation of a complete operating system using GNU/Linux- differently.
Mostly it's the variety of distros which makes the development of Linux is so diverse, although some people criticized this by saying that it is impractical that each of these projects are trying to create something new rather than join forces. I really do not think so, free software, by their nature, must be remixed, mixed and combined in order to grow and improve.
Furthermore, diversity in choosing it possible to find something that fully satisfies your needs as a user. Whether you are a novice in Linux -or computer-or you are a more knowledgeable user who wants to experience and learn, is a Linux distro for you.
Funny thing is that among all this variety of projects are also a variety of interesting names that often make us wonder why anyone would name something? Well, trying to answer this question I intend to investigate the etymology of the names of 10 Linux distros so you can share with you. Hope you like:
Debian was created in 1993 by Ian Murdock, the name itself is a pun, since it was created as a contraction of the name of his girlfriend of that time (now ex-wife), De bra and yours, Ian. What better way to declare your love to a girl who created a distro with their names?
Sabayon is a distro that is born in Trento, Italy, and is named after an Italian dessert typical of the region called Zabaglione, which is made with egg whites, sugar and liquor. In fact it is a dessert known also in Latin America, in Argentina we say "sambayon" and in Colombia "sabajón."
This distro was formerly known as Mandrake Linux, MandrakeSoft was maintained by a company that lost the legal battle over the name "Mandrake" - which is part of Hearst Corporation. Some time later, was purchased by MandrakeSoft Connectivia bought, the result of this merger was Mandriva .
OpenSUSE is the SUSE community project sponsored by Novell and AMD. SUSE is a German acronym for "Software und System Entwicklung"-development of software and systems. It is also said that it is a tribute to the German-trained engineer, Konrad Zuse computer.
There are three official versions on why the name of this distro:
- The red caps have always been a symbol of freedom and revolution were in fact carried by those who were part of the French Revolution, a Phrygian cap .
- Marc Ewing, co-founder of RedHat, had a special affinity for red hats and wore one of them - it was a gift from his grandfather while studying at Carnegie Mellon, where each project that he began putting his name something that began "Red Hat". So the choice of "Red Hat Linux" was logical.
- Marc's story is repeated but in a different way. In college, when someone had problems with their computer systems went to the department, where everyone said that talk "with the guy in the red cap." Marc became popular fellow fixing machines, and winning a few bucks in the process, "in fact became so popular that for a time at his university, saying someone was a" red hat "meant someone with technical knowledge computer.
Fedora is a project done by a community and sponsored by Red Hat, the name "Fedora" is because it is called the type of hat that has the silhouette of the logo of RedHat. It was a simple way that the Fedora community could say "these are our roots, but we are something else."
Linux Mint was a website dedicated to Linux containing tutorials and articles related to free software. At that time there was a distro. Mint is an easy name to remember and also recalls the freshness of something associated with the penguins, the official mascot of Linux.
Gentoo is a distribution source based fully on what does this mean? Well, this means that everything is compiled from scratch, which helps make it very fast. It's like you a tailored suit. Finally, the fact that it made this distro quick change of name (formerly known as Enoch) to Gentoo penguin species that swims faster ( Pygoscelis papua , Gentoo Penguin English ).
This distro was created by Patrick Volkerding , initially as a small project, in fact, trying to keep it as something not serious he decided to name slack. Why this way? For you see, Patrick is a member of the Church of the SubGenius , a parody religion that bases its philosophy on the pursuit of Slack , a sense of freedom independence and original thought. After that, the name stuck, and the result is the contraction of slack and software.
This is, undoubtedly, the most popular distro of the moment and probably the meaning of his name is not a secret to any of you, according to the official website:
"The name of the distribution comes from Zulu and Xhosa concept of ubuntu, which means humanity towards others or I am because we are. Ubuntu is a movement led by South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his struggle against apartheid in South Africa. "
Mark Shuttleworth, the patron of this project, was familiar with this line of thought and decided to take this opportunity to give promotion to the ideals of ubuntu . Hence the use of this name that they also reflected on many levels-the principles of any free software community.
10 Etymology Linux distributions written in ALT1040 on 6 May, 2011 zapata131
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