Has "genode" any meaning in English, or is it just an artistic blend of "generic" and "node" or similar?
I'm asking because my brain read "Genocide OS" at the first pass, which seems a bit unfortunate.
I'm asking because my brain read "Genocide OS" at the first pass, which seems a bit unfortunate.
E.g. "Eco" has positive connotations whereas "ecocide" has negative ones. Similarly, here "geno" would never naturally seem to have negative connotations without the suffix.
Just my 2c
That said, the term genode is familiar to me, so I did not get the negative vibes.
Naming comments are too frequently used to derail conversations here, particularly threads on FOSS projects. These threads never lead to a productive conversation and I fail to see any purpose other than trolling or “joking around” (if you can even call it that).
imo there's nothing wrong with discussing project names.
I see these comments almost daily, it’s a true plague. And never once have I seen it lead to an actual real-world change. Name-related comments most often serve as a sort of drive-by “dunking” for indirectly hating on projects. Do we really need a hundredth person commenting on a thread about Mastodon that there is also a band with the same name? What does that add to the conversation?
I recognize that I’m tilting at windmills, but someone has to speak up about it.