The “GNU” in the name refers to the fact that the software distribution is part of the GNU project. In this sense, only this distribution can claim that name, since others are independent projects that just happen to provide GNU software. This distribution is part of the GNU project, follows the GNU philosophy and integrates GNU software tightly.
Guixotic has the disadvantage that it tells us nothing about the system other than the fact that it uses the Guix package manager. I understand the idea behind the name, and there are other distributions (Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu) that have names that don't tell us a lot about them, but I cannot think of many examples of this for GNU software. I was also thinking of “GNU Free Software Distribution”, which emphasizes the fact that the distribution created by the Guix project makes it a point to contain only free software. 2015-01-15 12:02 GMT-05:00 hellekin <[email protected]>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 01/15/2015 02:15 AM, Rastus Vernon wrote: >> I would like to suggest the name “GNU Software Distribution”, as I >> believe it has none of the problems the other suggestions have. >> > *** It's too generic. Such a name would match the description of all > free GNU distros: Parabola/GNU/Linux-libre is a GNU software > distribution, etc. > > I'd like to second *Guixotic* (pronounced "Ki-sho-tik" or "gi-gzo-tik" > depending on your Chinese skills) and contributing to fighting > windmills. ____ > \ /;\ > ~~/ ____\/___\ > / \ /|\`~. > o/ \/ ||\__`. > __|=/^\ /`'\ > j`,-| /\_) (\::/) > | ^| )X||X( > > == > hk > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJUt/KUXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w > ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRFQ0IyNkIyRTNDNzEyMTc2OUEzNEM4ODU0 > ODA2QzM2M0ZDMTg5ODNEAAoJEEgGw2P8GJg9gAoQAJuabaQJWo265QNZA15s5pek > z5rfzYZDuJx+ZMpMX/KN7TKLDdpuodGE1hIO530Eb/y1Wkn0QOeZm8ZCznyd2hLx > 9qEfwKQbE5Vy37uWIM7+7p0sv3rZoDcww2kCwajduTgDYBEM8WkiwvvznG/nCeTY > AY1XFwGQ2KS81+Hf6wQ9GulK+Q9pkZbh9Y7LDGY/5cOneKUBaD/hIj+nWEJyMvNS > tQrluUXZZTnl7GSnrHsV6CPchjW2bpNAsSaK7Vks9CVv5tjkZxR74mSPtLvxBgDF > LuvG/FGRTMkK76+dP5RbpdQTbBEEj4nbb4jnk7hlcCyuZCqxw4hiR8kfyFzTR7fA > QEloTac7C1vB3bMMmg3rLVBXfiuMY+4E2BA/fitdngMdd0QYhWfzw5RSkbXYX3YR > Aha3/oMCAsj5stlzuLFSW+NTWEFbLmFHmbx2niKEljoUIbWAzdBm9SnBnBspJ8g0 > rAQjEfgYLY/gs4O5Q2hcpR3AVQx485Azt0WoNGvdiPPNK3CQvjs9pmLz80rbiWM8 > Tpm8U8tHH8pE2u83tSrriU7ahNa3Xiqx+BScBh8RrrqwMl/h434HvX/C9enI2pSu > CngDYfwV20+dzppaSd6LhILhsLAUYKehAfSz8b5H+vyd6z7XpGV7oxjJFLmqlKmL > DXgo6g3RvXGWI/PWEn3U > =6Gud > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
