Fedora Core, Fedora Project, Fedora/GNU, Fedora BSD, Fedora Coupe deVille, Fedora ala mode

Bill Anderson bill at noreboots.com
Tue Sep 23 12:35:23 UTC 2003


On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 20:31, rg2 wrote:
> OK, you missed some of my points, especially the Linux bit (what happens 
> in the future if there is a Linux and BSD version?), but...
> 
> Anyway, to the meat of the matter: is it correct-legal-acceptable in 
> printed materials (books, magazines, online articles etc) then, to refer 
> to what the user has or is putting on his or her machine, the Fedora 
> Project distro, as just Fedora.  For example,  "Once you have installed 
> Fedora, you can....," "Fedora allows you to.....," "If you are new to 
> Fedora, you will find..." and so on.  Red Hat seemed fussy on this point 
> in the past, insisting, as I recall, that Red Hat be referred to as Red 
> Hat Linux Operating System or, at least, Red Hat Linux, rather than Red 
> Hat.  
> 
> And, getting back to that icon of a hat on the GNOME menu that just 
> happens to be a red hat, not a Red Hat, is it going to stay?  Don't want 
> to waste my effort on a slew of new screenshots.  

I'd be pleased with a nice royal blue felt hat. ;)

Or maybe a hat color to go with the theme, with a Royal Blue one as the
'official standard' one. Picture RedCurve, BlueCurve, and other. ;)

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Bill Anderson
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