[Utnubu-discuss] Re: Utnubu Team Founded - Merging Ubuntu changes to Debian

[Frederic Lehobey]

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 04:19:01PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 01:08:53AM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 15:30 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > - The use of a name backwards has a connotation of opposition, as if Utnubu
> > >   were the "anti-Ubuntu".  This clearly isn't the case, and we hope that the
> > >   project continues to evolve as a forum for collaboration, not conflict.
> > 
> > I saw it more as in backwards than as in opposition. The patches are
> > flowing back from Ubuntu to Debian.

I did not see the "opposite" meaning either (but I am not native
English speaker) but clearly the "reverse" one which I found very
funny and was great incitement to join utnubu lists.

> The backwards/opposite meaning of ubuntu (the word itself) is even less
> fitting, and "utnubu" seems awfully awkward to pronounce.

Great.  Its pronunciation will not be mixed with real Ubuntu.

> Consider how you might have felt differently about Ubuntu if it had instead
> been named something like "Naibed".

Would be great (where is the offence to Debian?).

From the very beginning, Joachim Breitner stated (in his blog) it was
in no way hostile to Ubuntu, which I liked too and was my other
incitement to join the lists (I had no taste in joining any
anti-Ubuntu morons mailing list).  Utnubu is fun as is free software.
I am not sure I have yet enough technical skills to support the Utnubu
effort and needs, but I will try to get them from Utnubu lists.

And, yes, if you want to know why I have interest in Debian, it is
for being "The Universal Operating System".  "Naibed" might be nice
name for the Vancouver proposal.

Best regards,
Frederic Lehobey
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