Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-26 Thread Jack Coates
Yeah, Mandrake. Oxygen was 7.0, Helium was 7.1. They ran out of elements too and 7.2 is Odyssey. Don't know what 8.0 will be, but I'm rooting for Bloody-Jihad-of-Death. You could use that for your next release though, I don't mind. Or maybe my favorite subway sign: Emergency Third Rail Power Trip.

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-26 Thread David Douthitt
George Metz wrote: > I at one point was - while I was still a dreamy schmuck and thought I knew > something (right before I tried to puzzle out Oxygen's scripts =) - > planning on doing a release that combined features of Oxygen with those of > a few other things here and there. > > I was gonna

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-24 Thread George Metz
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, David Douthitt wrote: > I was thinking what with working on a CDROM based install that > a CDROM-based Oxygen could use Linux 2.4 and glibc 2.2 or 2.3... and > thus would be worthy of a new name. > > Names like Oxygen lead to successors like: I at one point was -

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-23 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> I was thinking what with working on a CDROM based install that > a CDROM-based Oxygen could use Linux 2.4 and glibc 2.2 or 2.3... and > thus would be worthy of a new name. > > Names like Oxygen lead to successors like: > > Water - H20 > Laughing Gas (Nitrous Oxide) - NO2 > Carbon Dioxid

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-23 Thread David Douthitt
Paul Batozech wrote: > Element or chemical names somehow appeal to me also, i.e. oxygen. Again > there are many to choose from, some being much easier to spell than > others. The thing I like here is the ease of referring to them by > abbreviation: Oxygen - O2, Nitrogen - N2, Helium - He, even Me

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-22 Thread Paul Batozech
Steven Peck wrote: > > I think the new image should remain hard to spell. :) > > Kilamanjaro? > > Maybe change the series name completly > Sea - because install is such a breeze > Plastic - because it can recycle old hardware > Aluminum - see above and it retains the charm of spelling > Forget

RE: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-22 Thread jdnewmil
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Steven Peck wrote: > I think the new image should remain hard to spell. :) > > Kilamanjaro? Kilimanjaro was the predecessor to Materhorn. > Maybe change the series name completly > Sea - because install is such a breeze > Plastic - because it can recycle old hardware > Al

RE: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-22 Thread Pim van Riezen
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Eric Wolzak wrote: > you're right about that > the winkler prins (dutch encyclopedia) calls this "mountain" > grebbeberg ;) I fell for the "new spelling" trap. > but you exagerated the height > (driehonderd meter, kom nou ;) ) Depends on the water level, really :> Pi --

RE: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-22 Thread Eric Wolzak
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Steven Peck wrote: > > > I think the new image should remain hard to spell. :) > > > > Kilamanjaro? > > I could offer you our 300m garguantan "mountain": > > Grebbenberg > > This would be hard to spell _and_ pronounce :> > you're right about that the winkler prins

RE: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-22 Thread Pim van Riezen
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Steven Peck wrote: > I think the new image should remain hard to spell. :) > > Kilamanjaro? I could offer you our 300m garguantan "mountain": Grebbenberg This would be hard to spell _and_ pronounce :> Pi ___ Leaf-devel mail

RE: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-22 Thread Steven Peck
I think the new image should remain hard to spell. :) Kilamanjaro? Maybe change the series name completly Sea - because install is such a breeze Plastic - because it can recycle old hardware Aluminum - see above and it retains the charm of spelling Forget - once it's installed, you can forget