New Fedora Name

[Michael]

For a few days now on the fedora-marketing-list has been proposals for the new names for future Fedora releases. It doesn't look like we will have a vanilla "Fedora Core 7" release.

Among the names brought up in the messages:

Fedora Sever Linux 7
Fedora GDesktop Linux 7
Fedora KDesktop Linux 7
Fedora XFDesktop Linux 7
Fedora gnome-Zod
Fedora KZod
Fedora XFZod
Fedora eZod
Fedora Synergy
Fedora Collection
Fedora Server Linux 7 (Naugahyde)
Fedora Desktop Linux 7 (Naugahyde)
Fedora Akiqsruun
Fedora Promise
Fedora Covenant

Starting Message -- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2006-November/msg00126.html

[Rob Williams]

Hmm. What's wrong with something simple, like Fedora Desktop? Personally, I think something like Fedora GDesktop Linux 7 is just foolish. "Fedora Collection"... lol.

Fedora Linux 7 works for me. I think in general, if Linux -really- wants to hit the desktop market then the names shouldn't sound so geeky, like "Fedora XFDesktop Linux 7". Normal people will look at that and walk away.

[Michael]

I personally would not be a fan of GDesktop, XFDesktop, etc...

I also would like to see it be Fedora Desktop, Fedora Server, etc... or perhaps even Fedora DE (Desktop Edition) WS (Work Station) or some other acronym.

Greg DK did a nice job describing partly the reason for the naming change: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2006-November/msg00135.html