I have spent some time reviewing this http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy for other reasons, and there is a section pertaining to naming remixes.
I would suggest Ubuntu GSR (for "GNOME Shell Remix"), it sounds kind of high-tech, mysterious, perhaps a bit mechanical (a motorcycle of some kind?) and it isn't hard to pronounce. Regards, Brett On Aug 13, 2012 4:23 PM, "Juanjo Marín" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ----- Mensaje original ----- > > De: Jeremy Bicha <[email protected]> > > Para: [email protected]; [email protected] > > CC: Ryan Lortie <[email protected]>; Robert Ancell < > [email protected]>; Sebastien Bacher <[email protected]> > > Enviado: Lunes 13 de agosto de 2012 17:56 > > Asunto: Ubuntu GNOME Flavor naming > > > > At the Ubuntu Developer Summit in May, several of us that work with > > GNOME in Ubuntu discussed the need for a Ubuntu community derivative > > similar to Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and others but which will try to ship a > > relatively pure GNOME experience. > > That sounds really good ! . Users who love Ubuntu and GNOME will be > much much happier :-) > > > The traditional Ubuntu naming convention for these alternate flavors > > is "Gubuntu" but it seems that could cause confusion with the > > pronunciation of Google's internal distribution Goobuntu. We'd like to > > instead use GNObuntu. > > > > I agree that Gubuntu and Goobuntu are confusing, but I also agree with > Sri that GNObuntu sounds a little bit like a negative assertion or > something like that (Gnome NO (U)buntu). I'd prefer something without > any possible misinterpretation. > > Just my two cent, > > -- Juanjo Marin > > -- > marketing-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list >
-- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
