>This leads me to think of calling it an "avant-garde distribution". >Perhaps "The GNU Project's avant-garde distribution of GNU/Linux". I think the name is fitting for Guix and I wouldn't disapprove, though I don't think is the best and there can be better.
I would suggest "GNU's distribution of itself", though that spins in circles and I don't think you or a lot of other people would like it. On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Richard Stallman <[email protected]> wrote: > > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > I am thinking about the idea of calling Guix "the reference distribution" > of GNU. That term seems inappropriate in two ways: > > * It comes from "reference implementation", which means an > implementation intended mainly to be studied when making other > implementations, rather than for real use. Guix is not meant > only to be studied. > > * It suggests something that is basic and not at all fancy, whereas > Guix is an innovative experimental approach. > > This leads me to think of calling it an "avant-garde distribution". > Perhaps "The GNU Project's avant-garde distribution of GNU/Linux". > > This also avoids the undesirable effect of suggesting that other > free distros are rejected. > > What do people think? > > -- > Dr Richard Stallman > President, Free Software Foundation > 51 Franklin St > Boston MA 02110 > USA > www.fsf.org www.gnu.org > Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. > Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call. > > >
