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Distributions manage the namespace of executables. Well, they're supposed to anyway... that's much of the complaint here about Linux Mint.

In Fedora (and most distros), programs with an executable name overlapping another program will be renamed to a unique name as part of the distro packaging. (Putting aside programs intentionally named the same thing because they provide the same function, which are managed differently via "alternatives".)

This puts some implicit pressure on creators of software to not reuse names that are already in use, which seems to work for the most part.