On Thursday 27 May 2010, Mike Fedyk wrote:
>On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Ed Greshko
>>
>>>> I don't believe "Activities" has much meaning either...
>>
>> Mike Fedyk:
>>> I agree. I think the word "edition" is better. Fedora KE (KDE
>>> Edition) Fedora GE (Gnome Edition) etc...
>>
>> Activities doesn't mean anything about discs to me, either. It sounds
>> more like where you'd find out about user group meetings. If you were
>> going to name differently oriented disc releases, there's three names
>> that spring to mind: discs, releases, versions, and editions.
>>
>> e.g. Fedora Gnome disc
>> Fedora Gnome release
>> Fedora Gnome edition
>
>In the USA, spin has a negative connotation. See "spin doctor".
>
>Is the name "spin" in fedora open to be changed? Hopefully a word can
>be chosen that doesn't have a pejorative use in some area...
>
At one point they were called re-spins, which does seem to be a more suitable
name.
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