On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 10:09:09AM -0500, Thompson, David wrote: > I don't like "Guixotic" very much.
Me neither; it apparently refers to Don Quixote, who is generally considered as a ridiculous person disconnected from the preoccupations of its time. The main episode that comes to mind is that of the windmills; I do not think we should leave the impression that Guix is fighting a fight that it is bound to lose, and that moreover is ridiculous from the start. > On a purely sonic level, I like the way "Geist" sounds more. "Geist" (which is also unclear how to pronounce, with probably a different "natural" pronunciation in each European language) is a German word meaning "spirit" or "mind" in English; it does not seem very suitable for the GNU distribution. If there needs to be a separate name, I think we should spend more time searching for a better one. Andreas
