ANNOUNCING : Ebuntu , Enlightenment 0.17 + Ubuntu

[paul cooke]

On Friday 17 February 2006 13:53, Steve Tripp wrote:
> Ok, understood.
>
> How about ubuntu-e, ubuntu-e17, eubuntu, ubuntue, or enbuntu.  I'm
> sure the enlightenment portion doesn't have to be english either.
> There's verlichting, éclaircissement, Aufklärung, Διαφωτισμός,
> chiarimento, прозрение.  (From Babelfish, so I don't guarantee the
> translations)

cool... you just gave me a good test of multi language character support in 
Kmail...


I think that Enlightened Ubuntu would perhaps be best...

I've already noticed someone who claimed not to have been confused by the 
issue saying  Edubuntu when he should have been saying Edbuntu ...

>
> There are many ways to make the name stand out, be meaningful, and not
> step on anyone's toes.
>
> On 2/17/06, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > there were already the first support requests in the #edubuntu IRC
> > channel for e17 from people which apparently didnt notice the
> > difference ... and you will very likely have complaints from people that
> > accidentially installed a edubuntu schoolserver when they expected
> > enlightenment... dont take me wrong, i really appreciate the effort
> > here, i just dont like the nearly identical names and the chaos it
> > produces among (ecpecially non english speaking) users.
>
> --
> Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
>
> John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)