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What are some good name suggestions for the rebranding of OpenSuse?

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Considering the recent news/proposal from SUSE about OpenSUSE rebranding - what do you think would be some fitting names for the distro/community?

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- With a new package manager named vent
  
  If there's a package conflict that requires the user's choice, it shall be called an emergency meeting
- AmogOS
  
  already exists, amazingly
- openDSUS4

Green Hat
- Ubunot
  
  Ubun't
  
  Genalso

[Sorry for the double reply]
Here's a silly idea: what about ZagrOS? "Zagros" is the name of the mountain range where the ancient city of Susa used to be. It's like the city was too small for the project, so they took over the whole mountain range, so they went from [open]SUSE to ZagrOS.
- Love it

If you shorten OpenSUSE to OS, then add OS to the end (shorthand for operating system), you get OSOS.
Job done.
- OpenSUSE Open Source Operating System.
  OSOSOS
  
  but then alphabetize it for readability
  OOOSSS
- (OS)²
  
  Will cause confusion with people who remember os/2
- Means "bears" in spanish
  
  bearOS
- Would OSOS be a recursive name like AROS (Amiga Research Operating System, changed to AROS Research Operating System)?

GeckoOS
or my personal favourite, OpenSUS
- Agreed. The name is a bit silly, but "Fedora" is silly too, or "OpenSUSE" wtf?
  I think "Ubuntu" or "Arch" are names that make sense. Everything with "OS" in the name is kinda amateur-ish.
  
  Unfortunately already taken
- GeckOS
- GeckoOS is unfortunately also taken

OpenSueMe

OpenSauce
ChameLinux
ChameleOS
OpenCamo
OpenChamo
Or, taking SUSE -> Soße -> sauce
SauceOS
OpenSauce
SaucyOS
- You will find that opensauce is already in use albeit not for an os

Debiain't

OpenSüß

Any name that does not contain an animal.
- All Linux names are no longer valid as they're all GNU/Linux or GNU+Linux if you're into that.
  
  Android, Alpine and Chimera aren't.

Don't they already have the names Leap and Tumbleweed? Changing the name to Leap would make sense since it's the name of the "official LTS" version. At this point it sounds like "openSUSE" is the name of the project and not the distro. But I haven't been following them closely, so perhaps I'm wrong.
- Rename the project Chameleon and keep calling Tumbleweed and Leap by their distribution names.

I'd suggest "Spicious Linux", but it's a 5/10 pun at best, and too similar to "specious" which means "sounds legit but isn't"; not necessarily a good look.
"Opus" borrows letters and sounds good, but speaking of sounds, it's the name of a sound codec, so maybe not a good choice.
"Abstruse" has similar problems to "specious"...
"ChameleOS" is the name of a dragon in a game.
I figure if I run through all the bad ideas here, only good ones will be left... but that might well be specious.

anything with an obvious pronunciation

IDC what it is but they can pry that chameleon from my cold dead hands

I started trying to read through the thread, but there's clearly a lot of context that I don't have. Is anyone able to give a brief summary that would explain what this is all about?
- After years of support and collaboration, SUSE asked OpenSUSE to drop “SUSE” - their [SUSE] branding - from their [OpneSUSE] name.
  
  What was the reason they don't want to be associated anymore? Did Open SUSE do something to tarnish their reputation?

OpenSusan

Sussy

OpenAnuse

Maybe MelanoOS (named after melanophore cells that allow chameleons to change color)

OS² (Open SUSE OS).
Might have some copyright issues with OS/2 though.
Whatever you do, keep the logo. It is good.
Edit : Another suggestion: YALOS (Yet Another Linux OS)

Chameleon linux

OpenSesame

I don't use openSUSE. What are its strong points? As in, why would someone use openSUSE instead of another distro?
From the openSUSE wiki and DistroWatch, it seems to me that the distro's goals are the following:
easy to use
easy to contribute with
good balance between stability and new features
flexibility (see YaST)
Name the distro after those points. Or concepts playing with those points. "Chameleon" (as suggested by others here) seems to be a fun start.
- Some Pros
  Out of the box it has BTRFS snapshotting for every change you make to packages or config. So any problems or mistakes you just rollback a step at boot and if all is good you issue a command to keep that as your default boot.
  Yast2 GUI GTK means you have full GUI for admin of everything. If you don't find packages in a repo you can find user package repos or binaries at software.opensuse.org and use Yast1 Click install to add them in. For somebody coming from Windows that doesn't feel confortable in the CLI this can be very helpful.
  They have an openbuild service and openQA so a lot of testing is done automatically on packages, together with shared binaries with SUSE means a very stable OS that rarely has issues.
  CONs
  it is really an underated distro so often doesn't get the visibility it should to attract more contributors or apps thqt exist on another distro
  
  The Yast2 GUI is something every distro needs imo. I think there were like 2 things I had to configure from the terminal on openSUSE with everything else being readily accessible from the Yast2 Management Apps. Even as someone comfortable with CLI this is a godsend of a feature.
  
  It also comes with a good kde out of the box.
- I’m not an expert by any means, but I mostly liked it. The included GUI tools for configuration and settings were nice, and it worked pretty well out of the box. I stopped using it because I got a little tired of having to repack the RPM package for Mullvad VPN, and I switched to something more mainstream. Sometimes I think about going back though.

Chamel Linux, because of the chameleon.
Then since Tumbleweed is a rolling release, that would make it Patchy Chamel

Gecko Linux
- But its a chameleon.
  
  Spiderlinux
- That already exists

Corporate Friendly Non-Branded Linux. CFNB Linux for short

The suggestions I liked here were ChameleOS, ZagrOS, and Opus
- Opus? Copyrighted?

OpenSus

Chama Linux is the obvious answer

- OROL
- Reptix
  Reptilian Linux
  ReptilianOS

Zeus

OpenZuse
- OpenSuze
  
  I wasn't aware that this thing was even sold outside of France.

Green fedora
- G'dora

This is my analysis of the situation: The name OpenSUSE is bad marketing and does need to change. I remember when I was choosing my distro the name was downright off-putting and made me initially overlook it as an option. It does not do OpenSUSE any favors.
The mascot and logo are very good, however. It is a solid design. Easily recognizable, somewhat cute and friendly looking. I even made it my app launcher menu button because I liked it so much.
The problem is that it is very difficult to base marketable name based on a chameleon. "ChamOS" or "Linux Cham" (pronounced "Kam" ), seems like a logical choice. However, people would just pronounce it "sham", which isn't making it any favors. You would have to drop the "H".
Ultimately, the name has to follow the conventions of other distros. Such as "linux X" or "X OS", where X is an easily pronounceable name with preferably fewer syllables.
My suggestion for names that would relate to the logo :
CamOS (already suggested by someone else)
Linux Green
- What about ChameleOS?
- pronounced "Kam"
  C'mon we all know the first syllable of "chameleon" is pronounced "cum"

Larry

It's trendy to rebrand things with an X.
Let's call it X.
- plz no
- OpenX?

Lizix
Lizard Linux

OpenSesame
Or just Sesame.

Mark
- Oh hai Mark!

Enterprise Linux

OpenSUSAME

I think they should allow themselves to give a whole new name, as if you were starting your own distro. How would you like to name it? Go for it.

OpenZusee
- openZeus lol

Name it Soos and be done with it.
- Sorry dude

Kamux ir Khamux, to pair the chameleon mascot with that typical KDE K on everything

GreenPenisOS

VertOS or GrunOS

The proposed "GeekOS" is a horrid name but Geeko Linux could work. But would be confusing with the existing GeckoLinux
- Also maybe mixuppable with Guix https://guix.gnu.org/ (which I've heard is pronounced "Geeks")
  Edit: I hope whoever downvoted this extracts their head from their backside long enough to actually say something. There really should be some sort of punishment for people who silently downvote things that contain no clear controversy. A special hell for them to just glare at each other in, maybe.