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From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] [PREFIX] <- what's our name actually?
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:20:39
Message-Id: 20080317162027.GA12041@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] [PREFIX] <- what's our name actually? by Michael Haubenwallner
1 On 17-03-2008 16:20:53 +0100, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
2 > On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 15:18 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
3 > > Hey peepz,
4 > >
5 > > Triggered by last GMN, in which we got a little PR for haubi and jokey's
6 > > efforts at Chemnitzer LinuxTage, I went looking at our project page(s),
7 > > e.g. [1] and started wondering what the name of our project actually
8 > > should be... Sofar we seem to have:
9 > > - Gentoo/Alt:Prefix
10 > > - Gentoo Prefix
11 > > - Prefix
12 > > - Prefix Portage
13 > > - Prefixed Portage
14 > > - Portage Prefix
15 > > - Gentoo Prefixed Portage
16 > > ...
17 > >
18 > > Maybe it's time to get consistent, but to what? Any ideas, opinions?
19 > > (everyone welcome to respond)
20 >
21 > +1 for "Gentoo Prefix" (in opposite to "Gentoo Linux"):
22 >
23 > "Some Mac OS X hosting a Gentoo Prefix."
24 > "Install a Gentoo Prefix on Interix and you are happy."
25 > "Do your AIX dlls like you can see in Gentoo Prefix." (ehm...)
26 >
27 > Or maybe my english is just too bad?
28
29 No opinion on that, but "Gentoo Prefix" may be just the best thing
30 indeed, Alt is a bit irrelevant here...
31
32 Gentoo Linux, Gentoo/FreeBSD and Gentoo Prefix. With/without '/'?
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35 --
36 Fabian Groffen
37 Gentoo on a different level
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Re: [gentoo-alt] [PREFIX] <- what's our name actually? Michael Haubenwallner <haubi@g.o>