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by ancode 1694 days ago
It is so hard to tell people about using Linux, how great it is, it's free, etc, and then you get to the name part and it's called 'fedora'.
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As a non native English speaker I still cannot understand what is wrong with name "Fedora"?
> I still cannot understand what is wrong with name "Fedora"?

Nothing whatsoever to 95+% of people, but perhaps 5%, most of whom one might describe as "very online", have decided to strongly associate it with a certain type of annoying guy prone to wearing them (they're more often trilbies, but whatever, the fedora is what's been "meme'd"), to the point that they would choose to be bothered or turned off by an OS named after the hat style.

Tell them you use Fedora-Linux.
Tell them about Debian (made by Ian and Debora) ;)
Honestly, the worst part about Debian is the name. Everything is deb-this and deb-that. Packages are .deb. Which is his ex-wife. Can you imagine getting a divorce and then for the rest of your life have this massive thing associated with your ex and will never go away be named after you? Yick.