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Considering the recent news/proposal from SUSE about OpenSUSE rebranding - what do you think would be some fitting names for the distro/community?

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago (4 children)

If you shorten OpenSUSE to OS, then add OS to the end (shorthand for operating system), you get OSOS.

Job done.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

OpenSUSE Open Source Operating System.
OSOSOS

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

but then alphabetize it for readability

OOOSSS

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] The beauty of these options is that pronunciations will continue to differ the way folks pronounce OpenSUSE differently.

Is OSOS pronounced as oh-sos or os-os?

Is OSOSOS pronounced as os-os-os or as oh-sos--sos or as oh-so--sos?

Is OOOSSS pronounced as ooze or as oo-ss or as o-se?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Will cause confusion with people who remember os/2

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Would OSOS be a recursive name like AROS (Amiga Research Operating System, changed to AROS Research Operating System)?