IoT/Name

Name the Fedora IoT Edition

We need your help naming the Fedora IoT Edition. Submit your nominations below. Note that this is a "brand" name, not a per-release name.

Name suggestions

Put your name suggestions below. Please don't submit anything we can't accept (trademarks, names of living people, obviously offensive terms, etc). If it has a connection to a term understood by the IoT or edge device communities, please include an explanation.

Suggested Name	Suggested by	Explanation
Crown	alfalco	In reference to the crown of a fedora hat.
CharIoTeer	bcotton	It has "IoT" in it (this is not a real suggestion, just an example)
Edgy McEdgeface	pbrobinson	Because it's the law!
Edge	tdawson	The boring, but logical name
SilverBlueServer	tdawson	Because it's the SilverBlue tech, for servers
IogurT	lruzicka	Because everyone likes it and it has IoT in it, if you change spelling a bit, thus everybody gets it.
Frontier	lorbus	The 'leading edge'
IoT Edge	lorbus	Catch all, boring but logical
Orbit	lorbus	On the edge of the known galaxy. Would also play nice with possible alignment with CoreOS in a future not so far far away...
Tiny	yaneti	Because the goals align. Think OpenWRT but Fedora (where possible)
Nookless	darkaxl017	nothing offline (Fedora Nookless rocks! ...I think :) )
Fedora IoT	kparal	simple, clear, consistent, everybody already knows it
MiniBlue	torbuntu	Uses rpm-ostree tech like SilverBlue, but for IoT devices
NanoBlue	torbuntu	Same reason as MiniBlue but Nano has a different ring to it
Verge	lhc130	Synonymous to Edge
Everywhere	Till	Because it will be
Brim	Till	It's the edge of a Fedora
Conductor	sgallagh	These devices will be directing the endpoint devices like a conductor directs an orchestra
Orchestra	sgallagh	Similar to above, but includes the musicians as well
Wintermute	sgallagh	One half of a super-AI entity from Neuromancer
Proletarian	sgallagh	Basically an underpaid worker!
Things	schlauerlauer	Simple and descriptive
Light	schlauerlauer	Because it is a light fedora, running on light devices
Hub	sumantrom	A lot of devices will connect to it and it will be a hub
Nucliya	sumantrom	important part of a cell, has "Cli" on it and cells are the building block
Altair	sumantrom	one of the brightest star of in the night sky, even though its star, its not spherical but flat kinda like a iot board.
Entity	laubersm	Synonym for thing
Compass	laubersm	Synonym for edge with some pretty interesting definitions on its own particularly as a transitive verb. (Thank you merriam-webster)
Thimble	whot	It's a tiny little hat but goes not where hats usually go
HAL2020	x3mboy	Heuristic Algorithmic, no more to say
Coke Machine	x3mboy	In reference to the arguably first IoT device
Mini	Hguemar	Simple
FIDO	Hguemar	Fedora pour l'Internet Des Object. French for "Fedora for Internet Of Things"
Silver Edge	dressedfez	Silver since it uses the same underlying technology as Silverblue and Edge for edge devices. Silver Edge is a nice flower growing in an harsh environment (Iris sibirica 'Silver Edge').
Ion	karafior	It's short and catchy. Uses only 3 letters like IoT and relates to Project Atomic, with ion being an electrically charged atom. Also, ionization affects the environment, which is what IoT is all about.

Timeline

• 2-15 March 2020: Name suggestions collected
• 16 March 2020: IoT team removes unusable suggestions
• 17 March 2020: Fedora Program Manager sets up an election
• 18-25 March 2020: Fedora community (CLA +1 required) votes on names
• 26 March 2020: Top three names sent to Red Hat Legal for final check