The openSUSE website obly lists three variants, Leap, Tumbleweed and MicroOS. I don't see the many confusing variabts that are mentioned in the article
Off the top of my head...
Ooooh, I love GeckOS, rolls off the tongue silky smooth. Maybe this is just a great opportunity to rebrand (again)
GeckOS is already taken. It’s a 6502 unix-like operating system
Call it gecs os and have 100 gecs do the promotion for it.
Name it UnownOS. The other variants like MicroOS and Leap all have logos that look like Unowns.
I'm sure Nintendo wouldn't mind. Their lawyers are known to be pretty chill...
If the just called it other.
It would gain a huge boost in desktop usage figures.
Rocky Linux 2
Zuse Linux
openZUSE
ChameleonOS seems to be already taken... Maybe ReptileOS?
SUS_OS
openSUSE is already a brand, now the main thing is not to get lost.
When I hear openSUSE, I think of german engineering and resources from SUSE, with a history of innovating great infrastructure.
With a new name, distanced from the SUSE part, I'll probably feel more like if this is yet another random derivative created by a small group who might soon lose interest.
OpenSUE
A Distribution Named SUE
OpenSOOSE
Makes sense really.
OpenSUSE is not the open version of SUSE ( SUSE Linux Enterprise - SLE ). If you compare to Red Hat, OpenSUSE is Fedora, not CentOS.
I can see how people would get the wrong idea.
It is a bit crappy that they waited so long though. On the desktop, OpenSUSE is quite an established brand.
If they were to rename/rebrand, what would be the new name, do you think?
I've heard mention of GeekLinux/GeekOS.
That is terrible idea, it's even worse than my fun proposal of openSAUCE...
Is openSusie different enough to be considered?
I vote for the new name to be Margot Linux.
If GeckOS doesn't work out... SUSEbanthony, LazySUSE, SUSEsarandon, DrSUSE, uSUSEalsuspects, OkcanSUSE (must be sung)... #puns
legallyDistinctOpenSUSE
call it SUES. SUSE won't be able to complain since they are so hung up on it being pronounced SU-SAY.
NotSUSE
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