Name suggestions for Fedora 12

Rules

This page contains community suggestions for the Fedora 12 release name. All submissions must meet the guidelines for release names.

Cambridge → Leonidas → <new name>? Leonidas is a <blank>, and so is <new name>.

The link between Cambridge and Leonidas was "both are ships of the United States Navy." The link between Leonidas and the new name must be different than that link, and different from any other previous link.

General links automatically rejected
General links such as "is a word" or "is a location", while technically within the scope of the rules, will most certainly be rejected by the Fedora Board. Remember, the goal is to come up with a creative link to Leonidas.

Naming Schedule

• Name collection: May 18 - May 23
• List to Fedora Board: May 24 - May 27
• Board approved list to Legal: May 28 - June 8
• Community vote on final name: June 9 - June 22, 2009
• Name announced: June 27, 2009

Name Suggestions

Please read carefully.
The instructions below will help prevent some suggestions from being eliminated early.

How to use this table

1. Come up with a name idea. Put the name in the first column.
2. Determine whether it passes the "is-a" test. You must be able to truthfully complete the sentence "Leonidas is a <...>, and so is <YOUR_NAME>." The link to the new name cannot be the same as the link from Cambridge to Leonidas, nor any other previous link. Mark the link in the appropriate column, such as "river in Kazakhstan," "deep-sea organism."
   • Don't choose obvious links, because they usually result in uninteresting names.
   • Don't choose very general names or unclear links.
   • Do choose obscure links to interesting things, which makes for a better name.
   • Do avoid all previous links wherever possible.
   • Do make sure there are at least a couple of ways to link out of the new name to the next name -- and they must be unique too!
3. Use Google to search for possible trademark collisions. First search for the term itself along with "+software", and then broaden your search to include "+computer", "+hardware", "+technology", "+IT", and so on. Do not skimp on this step.
   • If you find a collision, it is best to find another name. Names that cause collisions will be eliminated by Red Hat's Legal department and thus waste their time, which is a valuable commodity for Fedora. Help us maximize their effectiveness by weeding out names that are trademarks of other entities, especially those in the IT industry.
   • If the collision is outside the IT/computing market, you can still submit the name but you should note the collision in the "Tested" column, and include a link to the site where the collision was found.
   • If you find no collisions, make that notation in the "Tested" column.
4. Do not mark the approval columns. These are reserved for the approval authorities such as the Board and Red Hat Legal.

Suggestion Table

Name	"Is a..."	Tested	Initial Approval	Themeable	Board Approved	Legal Approved
Elvis	Leonidas was a king; Elvis is The King, mama!	The name 'Elvis' is not copyrighted. You can link out to almost anything with this - music, movies, Olympics, etc.
Pilgrims	Belgian chocolate producer	No apparent conflicts
Mamba	type of APC	No apparent conflicts
Aristotle	was a teacher of Alexander The Great	No apparent conflicts
Hannibal	was a Carthaginian military commander	No apparent conflicts
Chionis	was a famous Ancient Spartan	No apparent conflicts
Anaxander	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts
Lindius	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts
Lelex	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts
Myles	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts
Eurotas	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts
Lakedaimon	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts	link out?
Amyklas	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts	link out?
Argalos	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts	link out?
Kynortas	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts	link out?
Perieres	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts	link out?
Oibalos	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts	link out?
Tyandareos	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts	link out?
Hippokoon	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts	link out?
Tyndareos	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts	link out?
Menelaus	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts
Orestes	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts
Teisamenos	was a King of Sparta	No apparent conflicts	link out?
Perseidas	is a prolific meteor shower, bigger than leonidas; also Perseus was the hero who killed Medusa and claimed Andromeda, having rescued her from a sea monster.	No apparent conflicts	Does not pass "is-a" test. Meteor shower is named 'Leonids'
Ahasuerus	was also a King present at the Battle of Thermopylae played by Richard Egan in a film	No apparent conflicts
Orionid	is a shooting star of a meteor shower in November, as is Leonidas (I also tried Perseid first, but unfortunately there is a "Perseid Software" company :( ).	No apparent conflicts	Does not pass "is-a" test. Meteor shower is named 'Leonids'
Lilofee	is an asteroid, as is Leonidas	No apparent conflicts
Quetzalcoatl	is an asteroid, as is Leonidas	There is a compiler by the name of Quetzalcoatl...
Zachariah	is the first name of a confederate general, as is Leonidas	No apparent conflicts. There is however a musician
Rugosa	is a rose, as is Leonidas. Rugosa is also a coral, a moon in star wars, a wrinkled frog	http://rugosa.com/
Yuri	was a president of the USSR	http://www.yurisw.com/ ?
Paganini	was a voilinist	http://www.paganinisoftware.ch/ ?
Xenophanes	was an Ancient Greek who died in 480BC	No apparent conflicts	Link not very specific.
Sultry	is a type of hybrid tea rose	No apparent conflicts
Magritte	was a Belgian painter	No apparent conflicts
Newen	represents the strength (newen in mapudungun) of leonidas	No apparent conflicts	Does not pass "is-a" test
Lasus	was a Greek Poet	No apparent conflicts
Mimnermus	was a Greek Poet	No apparent conflicts
Coolidge	was a poet	No apparent conflicts
Custer	was also a leader of a famous last stand	No apparent conflicts
Galler	Belgian chocolate. Gall also defines as "brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence", which is fitting.	No apparent conflicts
Malcolm	was also a badass leader who fought against a much larger army. (Firefly)	No apparent conflicts
Masaryk	there are two is a links with Leonidas on this one - leader and asteroid (Masaryk is asteroid 1841, Leonidas 2782)	No apparent conflicts
Manticore	A mythological beast that is part Lion (Leonidas means "Lion-like") and who's name is derived from the Greek term "mantikhoras" which is an erroneous pronunciation of the original Persian name. Lion; Greece; Persia... all connections to Leonidas.	No apparent conflicts	Does not pass "is-a" test
Destination	... route after rom over more than one way.	No apparent conflicts	Does not pass "is-a" test. Please rephrase if necessary.
Sparta	Leonidas was a battle ship and King Leonidas of Sparta died in a battle	No apparent conflicts	Does not pass "is-a" test
Chuck Norris	is a real bad ass that can beat an army almost alone	No apparent conflicts	'real bad ass' is a rather tenuous "is-a" link
Darius	was a Great King of Persia, Darius the Great	No apparent conflicts
Villars	is a swiss village and also a swiss chocolate make	No apparent conflicts, it's a common name
Behrman	... neighborhood of New Orleans, LA, USA	Behrman is a publisher that publishes software books, but there is no software by that name that I can find
Dillard	... neighborhood of New Orleans, LA, USA	Dillard's is a department store chain, no software references
Touro	... neighborhood of New Orleans, LA, USA	Touro is a college, but no software references
Gorbachev	was a President of the Soviet Union, so was Leonid (Russian version of Leonidas) Brezhnev	No apparent conflicts
Pelé	is a Brazilian soccer player	He still alive and the name may be trademarked.
Sócrates	is a Brazilian soccer player	He still alive, http://www.officeresearch.co.nz/products/workstations/socrates-computer-pods.htm
Zico	is a Brazilian soccer player	He still alive, no other apparent conflict
Fred	is a Brazilian soccer player	http://www.photonengr.com/software.html (Optical engineering software)
Intrepid	was a (British) Royal Navy ship	Conflicts with another distribution :)
Warspite	was a Royal Navy ship
Lysimachus	was one of Alexander the Great's tutors
(Nadia) Boulanger	was famous teacher
Pancras	sanctified christian martyr
Xerxes	was a commander in the Battle of Thermopylae	Crap. Never mind. http://www.xerxes.be/intro.asp
Lion-O	was a leader with a name derived from the majestic panthera leo
Godiva	is a chocolatier	http://www.godivaimaging.com/ ?
Jackson	is the King (of pop) and lets us get to Keating for F13	Nothing obvious
Longfellow	is a poet
Silverstein	is a poet
Vaughan	is a doctoral student of Donald Knuth	Searched Google with linux, software, os. Nothing obvious	Does not obviously pass "is-a" test. Reference?
Penance	is a movement of the Delta Halo Suite, as is Leonidas	Nothing obvious
Attila	is a film role played by Gerard Butler
Dracula	is a film role played by Gerard Butler
Hoffa	James Hoffa is a famous (MSU) Spartan
Chestnut	Joey Chestnut is a famous (SJSU) Spartan
Knuth	Donald Knuth is a famous (CWRU) Spartan
Morley	Edward Morley was a famous (CWRU) Spartan
Dioxippus	Was an ancient greek wrestler
Moctezuma	was a governor -ruler- and a warrior. There was also a war ship named after him	No apparent conflicts
Côte d'Or	is a well-known Belgian chocolate (even if it's now owned by an american company)	No apparent conflicts
Grandiflora	is a hybrid rose	No apparent conflicts
Polyantha	is a hybrid rose	No apparent conflicts					Name	"Is a..."	Tested	Initial Approval	Themeable	Board Approved	Legal Approved

Various connections that could be explored. "Leonidas is a ..."

• King
• Movie character
• Poem title
• Chain of (chocolate) stores
• Asteroids
• Royal Navy, and US Navy ships

Approval Mark Legend

Approval Mark	Meaning
	Approved
	Rejected
	Under review

Rejected Suggestions

Name	"Is a..."	Tested	Initial Approval	Board Approved	Legal Approved
blackrock	Just a cool name.	(does not follow link rule)