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by geerlingguy 2012 days ago
Same here. Things that come to mind: Rocky, the champion boxer who can "go the distance" and never gives up... the Rocky Mountains, which are, well, rocky and strong... Rocky Road ice cream, which tastes good.

A zillion times better than trying to explain what a "Suse", an "Ubuntu", or a "Manjaro" is, and that's before talking about the various types of hat-based distros.

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To be fair, there is also the second definition of rocky, as in "That was a rocky situation", or unsteady / unstable.

I agree though its a perfectly fine name.

And, of course, Rocky and Bullwinkle.

I want Bullwinkle Linux.

I guess you’ve just found the name for Rocky’s development branch!
Sam and Max hit the code.
That trick never works!
Watch me pull a rabbit out of my Red Hat!
Again???
Or whatever the F “Sent-Aus” was.