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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
Ahasuerus was also a King present at the Battle of Thermopylae played by Richard Egan in a film No apparent conflicts
Amyklas was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts link out?
Alexander was a Greek warrior king
Anaxander was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts
Argalos was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts link out?
Aristotle was a teacher of Alexander The Great Software company
Attila is a film role played by Gerard Butler
Aurora City in St. Louis County, Minnesota Reuses the SPARC port 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
Bengal City in St. Louis County, Minnesota; also, cat-related name Possibly an Ubuntu spin called Royal Bengal?
Bolt (Usain) is an olympic runner, as is Leonidas (of rhodes)
Bonaparte Leader of a great army, also a gifted strategist There are no meaningful IT related results for Bonaparte, besides the usual strategy games appearance
Brasilia Capital city of Brazil as Leonidas is a city in Minessota No conflict found
Cacao Cacao is used to make chocolate
Cambridge city in Minnesota, USA No apparent conflicts, though there should obviously a rule that excludes previously used names.
Chemnitz Chemnitz is member of a european program called leonidas. Also it has one of the fastest and important fedora mirror and also a Linux-Event called "Chemnitzer Linux-Tage" No apparent conflicts
Chestnut Joey Chestnut is a famous (SJSU) Spartan
Chilon was a famous ancient Spartan (out links: a place in Bolivia, a "chateau" in Switzerland, a philosopher) No apparent conflicts
Chionis was a famous Ancient Spartan No apparent conflicts
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
Constantine Township in St. Joseph County, Michigan No apparent conflicts
Colbert dude who tells it like it is and will ensure his unholy legion uprank this submission as soon as someone tells him about this naming contest Only conflicts with Dems
Coolidge was a poet 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
Custer was also a leader of a famous last stand No apparent conflicts
Darius was a Great King of Persia, Darius the Great No apparent conflicts
Deus Is another name of Zeus, king of the Gods. In many languages is the word for "God". It is the Latin word for "God", the Greek archaic word for "divine". No apparent conflicts.
Dillard ... neighborhood of New Orleans, LA, USA Dillard's is a department store chain, no software references
Dioxippus Was an ancient greek wrestler
Dracula is a film role played by Gerard Butler
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.
Enipeas is a river in Mountain Olympus No apparent conflicts http://www.experience.gr/mt_olympus/mythology.htm
Entropy is a concept applied across physics, information theory, mathematics and other branches of science and engineering. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy (does not meet the link rule)
Epictetus was greek No apparent conflicts sort of a weak link
Eurotas was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts
FLaming Sword is a Flower (Bromeliad Vriesea splendens) as Leonidas is a kind of roses. Both are flowers. There is a screen saver that has a flaming sword as descriptive name, but it is not a brand name. There is a novel. The name also partially match a TV serie. In the other hand, it is highly "themable"
Fontainebleau is a neighborhood of New Orlenas, LA
Fred is a Brazilian soccer player http://www.photonengr.com/software.html (Optical engineering software)
Galler Belgian chocolate. Gall also defines as "brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence", which is fitting. No apparent conflicts
Godiva is a chocolatier http://www.godivaimaging.com/ ?
Goliath is also an expedition in 2009 No apparent conflicts
Gorbachev was a President of the Soviet Union, so was Leonid (Russian version of Leonidas) Brezhnev No apparent conflicts
Grandiflora is a hybrid rose No apparent conflicts
Hannibal was a Carthaginian military commander No apparent conflicts
Hubble is an astonomer; a space telescope; an asteroid (2069)
Hippokoon was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts
Hoffa James Hoffa is a famous (MSU) Spartan
Homer was also an ancient Greek poet No apparent conflicts
Jackson is the King (of pop) and lets us get to Keating for F13 Nothing obvious
Jennifer Stephanie Leonidas is an actress, so is Jennifer Aniston No apparent conflicts
Knuth Donald Knuth is a famous (CWRU) Spartan
Kynortas was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts link out?
Lakedaimon was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts link out?
Lady Godiva Leonidas is a famous character whose name was used for a belgian chocolate, so is Godiva. Lady Godiva was an English noblewoman who rode naked through the streets of Coventry Godiva
Lasus was a Greek Poet No apparent conflicts
Lelex was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts
Lilofee is an asteroid, as is Leonidas No apparent conflicts
Lindius was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts
Lion-O was a leader with a name derived from the majestic panthera leo
Longfellow is a poet
Lysimachus was one of Alexander the Great's tutors
Magritte was a Belgian painter No apparent conflicts
Malcolm was also a badass leader who fought against a much larger army. (Firefly) No apparent conflicts
Mamba type of APC 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
Masaryk there are two is a links with Leonidas on this one - leader and asteroid (Masaryk is asteroid 1841, Leonidas 2782) No apparent conflicts
McCarthy is a male protagonist in a Frank Miller graphic novel -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_McCarthy There is a McCarthy Software, but the name is fairly generic
Meiji is a chocolate manufacturer (look for "meiji almond chocholate"). is also a lot of cool japanese things (era, emperor, university ...)
Menelaus was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts
Milca is a chocolate manufacturer No apparent conflicts
Milton is a poem. No apparent conflicts
Mimnermus was a Greek Poet No apparent conflicts
Moctezuma was a governor -ruler- and a warrior. No apparent conflicts
Morley Edward Morley was a famous (CWRU) Spartan
µ (Mu) is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (does not follow link rule)
Munger City in St. Louis County, Minnesota No apparent conflicts
Myles was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts
(Nadia) Boulanger was famous teacher
Newen represents the strength (newen in mapudungun) of leonidas No apparent conflicts Does not pass "is-a" test
Odysseus was king of a Greek city-state in ancient times (Ithaca) No apparent conflicts
Oibalos was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts link out?
One Two is a Gerard Butler action movie character (AND the current Fedora release number) A self-labeled synth-pop music duo calls itself Onetwo (no space) - no software/computer conflicts found
Orestes was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts
Orlias is a river in Mountain Olympus No apparent conflicts http://www.wildwater.it/it/orlias.php
Orionidas is the Spanish name of a meteor shower in November, as is Leonidas (note: purposefully avoided diacritic signs) No apparent conflicts
Paganini was a voilinist http://www.paganinisoftware.ch/ ?
Pancras sanctified christian martyr
Pantaleon was a Greek King http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasosp, http://pantaleonsoft.com/
Pelé is a Brazilian soccer player He still alive and the name may be trademarked.
Penance is a movement of the Delta Halo Suite, as is Leonidas Nothing obvious
Perieres 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'
Phantom (of the opera) is a role played by Gerald Butler, as is Leonidas
Pilgrims Belgian chocolate producer No apparent conflicts
Polyantha is a hybrid rose No apparent conflicts
Puma is a armoured personnel carrier (APC)
Quetzalcoatl is an asteroid, as is Leonidas There is a compiler by the name of Quetzalcoatl...
Random Leonidas is Spartaaaaaa, which is /b/, which is Random The term Random is generic enough to result in all sorts of hits while still not posing problems. (does not follow link rule)
Ratio is a word coming from the Latin, as is Leonidas
Rollins City in St. Louis County, Minnesota; also, beefy guys in pop culture No apparent conflicts
Romulus Leonidas was the king of Spart as Romulus was the king of Rome (the firts one)!
Rugosa is a rose, as is Leonidas. Rugosa is also a coral, a moon in star wars, a wrinkled frog. Roses are sold by the dozen, good theme for Fedora 12. No apparent IT conflicts, http://rugosa.com/
Schneier Bruce Schneier is a badass with encryption. (and kicks Chuck Norris and Leonadis hands down) http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/
Silverstein is a poet
Sihabahu In Greek, Leonidas (Λεωνίδας) means Lion's Son. Sihabahu is also a Burmese legendary hero, who is a Son of Lion.
Sócrates is a Brazilian soccer player He still alive, http://www.officeresearch.co.nz/products/workstations/socrates-computer-pods.htm
Sturla Leonidas was a spear-wielding warrior who died in battle; Sturla (Sighvatsson, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturla_Sighvatsson) was a spear wielding warrior who died in battle. No apparent conflicts, it's a name from the 12th century AD and only seems to come up in searches related to modern individuals with the same name. (Side note: Odin is already widely used in software related stuff, otherwise you'd have 2 famous spear wielding warriors who die at epic final stands.)
Sultry is a type of hybrid tea rose No apparent conflicts
Teisamenos was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts link out?
Telephus was a descendent of Heracles (King Leonidas was believed in mythology to be a descendant of Heracles, according to wikipedia) No apparent conflicts with this spelling, but Telephos may have conflicts in .nz/.gr
Théoden Théoden King of Rohan from the Lord of the Rings No apparent conflicts
Theseus was King of Athens No apparent conflicts
Touro ... neighborhood of New Orleans, LA, USA Touro is a college, but no software references
Truffle Truffles are made by the Leonidas Belgian Chocolate company
Tyandareos was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts link out?
Tyndareos was a King of Sparta No apparent conflicts link out?
Ulysses was king of a Greek city-state in ancient times (Ithaca) (Latin name of Odysseus) No apparent conflicts
Vaughan is a doctoral student of Donald Knuth Searched Google with linux, software, os. Nothing obvious Does not obviously pass "is-a" test. Reference?
Villars is a swiss village and also a swiss chocolate make No apparent conflicts, it's a common name
Wallace is a male protagonist in a Frank Miller graphic novel -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_%28Sin_City%29 . Also, is a great military leader who faced insurmountable odds (William Wallace). There is a Wallace Software that makes auto dealership management software, but the name is fairly generic
Warspite was a Royal Navy ship (reuses previous link)
Wonka is a Chocolate manufacturer (in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and so is Leonidas. Is also a city in Myanmar
Xenophanes was an Ancient Greek who died in 480BC No apparent conflicts Link not very specific.
Xerxes was a commander in the Battle of Thermopylae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas
Yuri was a president of the USSR http://www.yurisw.com/ ?
Zachariah is the first name of a confederate general, as is Leonidas No apparent conflicts. There is however a musician
Zico is a Brazilian soccer player He still alive, no other apparent conflict
Domingos was a soccer player in the Brazilian national team in the 1938 World Cup. No apparent conflicts. Lived 1912-2000. Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingos_da_Guia
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

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Rejected Suggestions

Name "Is a..." Tested Initial Approval Board Approved Legal Approved
Ada Township in Michigan http://www.adasoftware.com/index_netscape.htm
Achilles was also a heel No apparent conflicts (subjective, tenuous link)
Benedictus a part of the eucharistic prayer, song by Simon and Garfunkel, name of XVI Popes (does not follow link rule)
blackrock Just a cool name. (does not follow link rule)
Connor is also an "immortal", from the Highlander movies (does not follow link rule. Leonidas was not an immortal (he died, remember). That was the name of the enemies he fought.)
Destination ... route after rom over more than one way. No apparent conflicts Does not pass "is-a" test. Please rephrase if necessary.
Intrepid was a (British) Royal Navy ship Conflicts with another distribution :) Link cannot be "ship" again
Sparta Leonidas was a battle ship and King Leonidas of Sparta died in a battle No apparent conflicts Does not pass "is-a" test
Spartacus Fought for freedom from the Monolith, Leonidas=(Sparta)n, Spartacus=(Sparta)cus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus (does not follow link rule)