Re: [OT] Mail list issue.

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 01/06/2011 11:01 AM, Lisi wrote:
> On Friday 10 December 2010 18:57:51 Camaleón wrote:
> > "Camaleón" is just a nickname -a Spanish word meaning "chameleon" in
> > English- I chose when I installed my first linux system, SuSE Linux 8.2,
> > 7 years ago (openSUSE mascot is a gecko). I was so used to it (to the
> > nickname) that I kept.
> Thanks for the explanation, Chamaleón.  I have wondered.  But given that my
> granddaughter's friends include someone called Sunshine and someone else
> called Piper, and I can think of people called Chelsea and Brooklyn, I didn't
> like to comment/query!  I like that explanation.  I have a green plush Gecko
> sitting here in front of me.  Guess which distro I started on???
>
> Lisi
I used to use SuSE also, and for a long time I thought that mascot was 
some kind
of dinosaur, chosen for ferocity!  I suppose a gecko is not very ferocious--
tenacious, maybe.  (Think GEICO!)

--doug

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