Ira Abramov wrote:
>
>Mandrake is a name of a magician is some mythologies,
>
You mean Mandrake the Magician, from the Sunday strips of lore? Not
mythological, just a comic strip. :-)
> its' also (unintentionally?) the name of a poisonous plant, the name of which in
>Hebrew I forgot, named after a mythical deadly plant. are Mandrake
>hoping to kill the competition or poison their users? :-)
>
The plant, also called Mandragora, is not mythical, and it wasn't
poisonous -- just a narcotic, like Belladona. It was used by the
ancients as an anaesthetic, among other medicinal uses. It's connection
with the supernatural was due to it's shape, which resembled a man, and
was the source for popular superstitions since the time of the Greeks.
As for the Linux distro, I guess the name reflects the extensive use of
configuration wizards :-)
Cheers,
Henry
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