Smeegol encounters a ring of power
Smeegol encounters a ring of power
Smeegol is an implementation of the MeeGo user experience on top of an
openSUSE base; the 1.0
release was announced on October 6. On the 14th, the project was
told that it cannot use the "Smeegol" name:
"It is not in the benefit of MeeGo project to use 'Smeegol'. We
therefore can not approve such usage of MeeGo mark in 'Smeegol'. We
understand that you've already announced it and we will be happy to work
with you to come up with a different name (for the good of the MeeGo
project).
" Some Smeegol developers are not pleased by this development and have
announced their intent to "push back"; meanwhile, openSUSE community
manager Jos Poortvliet has proposed
renaming the distribution to "DarkRider". What the final resolution will
be is unclear.