Almost a couple of months ago there was talk that Mandriva it was to be an independent community distro from the company. In that direction Charles H. Schultz, current leader of Mandriva, has just opened a poll on the official blog to choose the name, not only of future community distribution, but also the foundation that is planned to be created.
Charles comments that in the future Mandriva as a brand name will refer to the company, but that the community will have another name and another brand, although the brand and name may have a connection to Mandriva.
The survey will last until Thursday and names such as OpenMandriva, Drake Linux, Mandala Linux and Moondrake are being considered, although for other unlisted names you can send an email
Source and survey: http://blog.mandriva.com/en/2012/07/05/the-road-to-the-foundation-episode-2-vote-for-the-new-name-of-the- distrubution /
Mandala ???? horrible name. I would have preferred OpenMandriva.
Mandala? That sounds like Mandela to me.
But if Wikipedia is free:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1ndala
Whenever someone says "Mandala" I remember a song by Fito Páez (A dress and a love) where he says "... the key to the mandala broke ..."
Sounds like a good name.
They say in the comments that most of those who voted for Mandala are Russian trolls because the word Manda is the female sexual organ
Long live the Mandala then !!!
+1 hahaha.
I don't like that Mandala at all ... it looks ugly, you'll see that they say "Apple" or something like that ... and then Apple sues them because according to them, they are the masters of apples in everything related to technology ... LOL! !
Candle
xDDD
They say in the comments that the majority of those who vote for Mandala are Russian, since the word Mandala is an obscenity
That was the first thing that crossed my mind.
Hahaha..!! xD
The sad news, as we talk about Mandriva, is that the project's former development leader, Eugeni Dodonov, was killed in a traffic accident.
DON'T FUCK O_O! that's true?
Sad but true. RIP
http://ext4.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/fallece-eugeni-dodonov-antiguo-lider-de-desarrollo-de-mandriva-linux/
Except for openMandriva, which is not that I like it very much for reminding me of openSuse, it is that the rest of the options seem to me all directly horrible and infumable.
Anyway, democracy rules
The one that has caught my attention the most is Drake Linux
Like me, the one I like the most is Drake Linux
I don't understand why they don't join Mageia, instead of focusing their resources on releasing a distro that is going to be almost identical to Mageia, why don't they join this project and collaborate on it?
In the end, I think this will lead to two very similar distros, confusing users….
Let's see that I am not misunderstood, I am happy for Mandriva, but for that they rely on Mageia, which has been a project and community for a while, and thus we all benefit.
I think exactly the same.
That is what they wanted to do when they went to the community but the Mageia men sent them to the chin… bolar.
I like the name of OpenMandriva, it sounds more OpenSource hehehe ..
I fully agree with the Ergean friend.
PS: Unfortunately the loss of the former leader of Mandriva. RIP
Regards!
I am very sorry about Eugeni Dodonov, he helped Mandriva 2011 turn out to be a very round version in all aspects, I hope his great work does not fall into oblivion… .my condolences to family and friends.
Hi. And why the name Mandrake was discontinued, and is not included in this list.
Is that name banned?
For copyright reasons of the licensees of the comic Mandrake the Magician.
+1 for Drake Linux !!
And it would be better if Rosa Linux + Mageia + Mandriva (from now on Drake Linux) join under the name of Drake Linux .. hehehe ..
I voted for OpenMandriva