[Nix-dev] Re: Nix Logo.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Michael Raskin <7c6f434c at mail.ru> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> For NixOS, I’m afraid having Tux and a gnu and snow flakes on the same
>> picture wouldn’t be visually pleasant.
>>
>> Actually, I think the name ought to be changed too (searching for NixOS
>> on google.fr doesn’t exactly yield what we’d expect:
>> http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&source=hp&q=nixos&btnG=Recherche+Google&meta=&aq=f&oq=).
>> Perhaps Latin-savvy people can come up with an idea around “nix”?  :-)
>
> I am afraid it is too late (as it is only the first result, the rest are
> fine..) Maybe we should just come up with a way to kick the unwanted
> result from the first place (better from the first page..). Because even
>  whitehouse.gov is not shielded from such a twin, as we know..

That sex site was just one reason.  The main reason for me is that I
don’t really like the name, both aesthetically and because of the “OS”
part, which I find inaccurate and even misleading.

Thanks,
Ludo’.