Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> reflecting recent experience

What happened? Is this about CentOS's demise?



Yes. It's too bad because they used to support Scientific Linux, but stopped because CentOS was so popular...

Anyway, I'm glad I went with Alma over Rocky, albeit for the wrong reasons (my daughter's name is Alma...)


Sounds like a wholesome reason to me.


You probably know this, but Alma means “soul” in Portuguese.

Is this why you picked the name? I like it. I went with Ada myself (after Lovelace - wife only found-out why years later).


FWIW, it also means "apple" in several Turkic languages (Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, and maybe others).

Uzbek and Turkish are also pretty close.


I was aware of the Spanish meaning which is the same, but the reason we picked it was more mundane. It was one of the few names my wife and I both liked a lot.

ALMA is also a radio telescope in Chile (the Atacama Large Millimeter Array), which is somewhat closer afield to what I do.


Ha, I also suggested Ada for the same reason. And also didn’t tell my wife why.

But we ended up not using it.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: