A quiz for you

[Void Main]

How did "compiz" become named "compiz", what does it mean, and how do you pronounce it? Do you think this has anything to do with the deal Microsoft and Novell just made?

[Jenda]

it's a composite manager... or a 'compizite manager' if you want
You pronounce it in fake slang, trying to make it sound as careless as possible, so that it sounds natural that you lack a few of the ending sounds...

[Void Main]

You mean like this? "Fo shizzle! Wait just one minizzle while I show you my compizzle."

[Jenda]

Something like it, yes

[Jenda]

oink... my rank is now programmer... I do'nt program

OTOH, at ubuntuforums.org, it's Ubuntu Master Roaster, and I don't roast much either.

[JoeDude]

I never understood that (nice forums plug by the way...). Why is the Ubuntu forums set up on a coffee scale?

[Jenda]

Because geeks are so often connected with coffee... and the more posts you make, the more coffee you had to consume in order to stay up that long.

... and even though you might not think so, we at Ubuntu _are_ geeks. Really.

(geek != techie)

[JoeDude]

Modern day wizards....I always played rangers or theives myself...

.. and even though you might not think so, we at Ubuntu _are_ geeks. Really. Smile

Yeah but the2 female models who pose for the calenders are HAWT!

back to topic....

Is that the reason, or is it just being funny. I find that oddly believable in a "What the **** should we name this one" kind of way....

[Jenda]

I believe that's the reason. Prove me wrong

[xyle_one]

Compiz, I think, comes from the words "come" and "play", which were then snoopified into complizle. Once it was corporation-ized it lost it's fun, or the playful part of it, and became yet another double speak marketese term. Compiz: To take the fun out of everything.



Note: I just looked up what compiz is (thanks wikipedia). I was way off.