Contest: Name the PC-BSD Server Edition

[drulavigne]

One of the cool new features coming in PC-BSD 9.1 is the ability to install a FreeBSD server (including ZFS, multiple boot environments using ZFS snapshots, and encryption) that includes the command line versions of all of the PC-BSD utilities. You can try a preview version in the latest snapshot or read up on its features in the draft of this section of the 9.1 Guide (http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Inst...Server_Edition).

While we could simply call it the "PC-BSD Server Edition", we're pretty sure someone can come up with a more creative name than that. For that reason, we're launching a naming contest. Can you think of a descriptive yet cool sounding name? If so, see the contest details at http://bit.ly/L6TZJR. The contest opens tomorrow at 11:00 PST and closes at 23:59 PST on June 26th.

[fluca1978]

When will results be available?

[drulavigne]

I suspect in a few days as they are still reviewing the entries.

[benali72]

I would not change the name. "PC-BSD Server Edition" carries important information --

* that it is closely related to PC-BSD
* that it is a form of BSD specifically designed and tailored for "PC" technology
* that it is for servers, specifically

Giving it a cool name that carries no information would be a step backwards.

Take Ubuntu, for example. Natty Narwhal, Lucid Lynx, and Precise Pangolin are cute names that carry no information. They actually confuse the issue. Who here could even tell me which of those releases are which?

Just my two cents worth, meant only to be helpful. Best of luck.

[fluca1978]

Well, I believe the official name will be always in the form PCBSD <version> <edition> and the cool name can be used only to attract users and media and to customize the llok and feel (theming) of a release.
After all, even a car is not named "brand x with engine y and tires z", but "mustang something"....

[thnewguy]

I would not change the name. "PC-BSD Server Edition" carries important information --

* that it is closely related to PC-BSD
* that it is a form of BSD specifically designed and tailored for "PC" technology
* that it is for servers, specifically

Giving it a cool name that carries no information would be a step backwards.

Take Ubuntu, for example. Natty Narwhal, Lucid Lynx, and Precise Pangolin are cute names that carry no information. They actually confuse the issue. Who here could even tell me which of those releases are which?

Just my two cents worth, meant only to be helpful. Best of luck.

Natty, Lucid and Precise aren't really official version names, they're more of code terms like "Lornhorn" or "Manhatten Project". Each Ubuntu release gets an official version number which indicates when it came out. PC-BSD is looking to do something similar where people can refer to a specific version number, but also have an interesting code name to match up with releases, it makes the release sound more interesting.

And, off the top of my head, Lucid and Precise were the last two LTS releases of Ubuntu, 10.04 and 12.04, respectively. Natty was, if I remember correctly, 11.04. It would seem the code names haven't made the releases hard to track, at least for me.

[fluca1978]

I suppose a release name is something that should attract more users, while the official name would always be PCBSD Server Edition n.m. I mean, we should not change the uname string, but simply the name that drives the release spirit. Moreover, having a release nickname could help also promoting some kind of respect, as of when someone proposed to name the FreeBSD 9 release in honor of mr. Ritchie.

[P2O2]

Ma'am

I'm always late but let me suggest one solution for the PC-BSD Server Editions' stellar performance: name the server releases with star names found in the list of stars:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_stars

Thus the first few servers would be named:
Sirius Server
Arcturus Server
Vega Server
Rigel Server
Procyon Server
Betelgeuse Server
Achernar Server
etc.

Those names are broadly recognized within IT people, with most of them being in the past diehard fans of Sci-Fi literature.

Regards

[fluca1978]

Any news about the contest?

[drulavigne]

The winner should be announced by end of this week.