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

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