Hello,
Given the various emails I have received. I think it is time we had a
name for our initiative. Our community name if you will. So I will take
all names submitted to me and add them to the voting service below[1].
All entries must be received by the Sep 8. With voting starting on Sep 9
and ending on Sep 16. Only those subscribe will be allowed to vote. So
far I have received the following names. To avoid possible issues the
geeko, it could become gecko in the names below.
Geeko Enterprise Linux (GEL)
Green Enterprise Linux (GEL)
Geeko Linux Enterpise Server (GLES)
Green Linux Enterpise Server (GLES)
Community Enterprise Server (CES)
SINS Is Not SLES (SINS)
GreenOS (GOS)
GeekoOS (GOS)
GreenOS Is Not SLES (GINS) GOSINS)
Green InterNet Server (GINS)
Green Internet Server (GIS)
Geeko Internet Server (GIS)
Green Enterprise Integration Linux (GEIL)
Geeko Enterprise Integration Linux (GEIL)
Green Is Not Green (GING)
CENSLES
Green Lizard Enterprise Distribution (GLED)
Geeko Lizard Enterprise Distribution (GLED)
Green Enterpize (GENT)
Geeko Enterpize (GENT)
Green Bee Linux (GBL)
Green Rock Enterpise Linux (GREL)
Geeko Rock Enterpise Linux (GREL)
Green Community Linux (GCL)
Geek Community Linux (GCL)
Green Mean Linux (GML)
Geeko Mean Linux (GML)
The Distribution Formerly Known As SLES TDFKAS
Yet Another Enterprise Linux (YAEL)
Yet Another Linux Enterprise (YALE)
White Label Enterprise Linux (WLEL)
Open Enterprise Server (OES)
Black Cat Enterprise Linux (BCEL)
Black Forest Enterprise Linux (BFEL)
Bavarian Enterprise Linux (BEL)
Possible colors/logo images/mascots
Green granite with a rock as the logo. I like the imagery
Using purple as our color.using the wikipedia connotations of purple.
royalty, imperialism, nobility, Easter, Mardi Gras, upper class, poison,
friendship, sharing, wisdom, and sympathy
I like the take of friendship, sharing wisdom and sympathy for our
community. with some plant as the logo that has friendship and peace as
its meaning or name.
We could use the cookoo as our mascot as most of the original source
comes from Bavaria(Nueremberg is in Bavaria).
I want this done totally open to our openSUSE community. So in keeping
with it. I have created the list below You have to have
registered/subscribe to
http://lists.zenez.com/mailman/listinfo/opensuse-lts_opensles-name_vote
before 0:00 GMT on Sep 9th. Only those registered will be allowed to
vote. You will receive and email from the voting system. You have to use
this email to vote.
So the voting is totally open and I want the top 5 names ranked by those
voting. I will be using Condorcet Internet Voting Service(CIVS)[2].
So, if you want to vote on this initiative you will have to have subscribe
to the list above to be able to vote.
1. http://lists.zenez.com/mailman/listinfo/opensuse-lts_opensles-name_vote
2. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html
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Boyd Gerber