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Where does this name " Salineos " coming from ?
« Thread Started on Apr 10, 2011, 11:39pm »

Hi there ! ...

I wonder why ... I just came in here for so late ? ...
and now .. I would like to know ... where this name is coming from ? ...

what does it mean ? ... " Saline " ... is this english ? ... or creek ? ... or what ? ...

and what is the meaning of this word ? ... don't have no idea ! ...
there is a word like this in french ... ' sale ' ... ' saline ' ... what means ... ' sel ' ...
or dirty ! ... a place where they found the sel ! ...

hope someone give me an explanation ...

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #1 on Apr 11, 2011, 5:28am »

It's a reference to "saline solution".
Usually administered to help improve ones health.
In this case, computer health.

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #2 on Apr 11, 2011, 8:02pm »

Hi ' Richard ' ! ...

if I understand this right ? ... it means some kind of ' care ' ... like ' carefully ' ... keep it in good shape ! ... thats it ? ...

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #3 on Apr 13, 2011, 8:50am »

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)
Saline Sa"line
1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline
particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.

The whole SalineOS name isn't a very fascinating story really. I had a picture of an ocean wave and an aquarium of salt water fish for the desktop background. I took some time discussing different names I had thought up for the distro on Freenode. SalineOS seemed to be the favorite and could be used for mildly entertaining taglines like "Saline it's a solution" and "Debian, needs MOAR salt". It was cemented in place when the idea was pitched to me for a logo using a beaker as the A in Saline, being a science nerd I really liked this. So the name stuck around.

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #4 on Apr 14, 2011, 6:03pm »

So I guess since it is based on stable Squeeze, it would be "normal saline", 0.9% NaCl in h2o.

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #5 on Apr 15, 2011, 2:09pm »

Apr 14, 2011, 6:03pm, wh7qq wrote:

So I guess since it is based on stable Squeeze, it would be "normal saline", 0.9% NaCl in h2o.

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Hi ' wh7qq ' ! ...

no ! ... it's ' Debian Squeeze ' ... with some supplement from ' Anthony ' ! ... ha ha ! ...

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #6 on Apr 15, 2011, 5:22pm »

BTW, if anyone cares, the vessel in the logo is not really a beaker but an Erlenmeyer flask. Beakers are general purpose vessels with straight sides while flasks tend to be specialized toward heating and mixing applications. The narrow neck somewhat reduces the likelihood of of splatters which can be a source of serious injuries in the lab. Now does that make this "Seline OS"? Sorry to be a smartass...devil made me do it.

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #7 on Apr 15, 2011, 5:24pm »

Lol.

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #8 on Apr 16, 2011, 3:54am »

Hi there ! ... ' wh7qq ' .. & .. ' Anthony ' ...

what does this means ? ... ' Lol ' ? ... don't understand this word ! ... ha ha ha ! ...

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #9 on Apr 16, 2011, 1:01pm »

LOL.
Nahh. It just looks better.

it's really the shape of the E.Flask that was copied.
It's still the A shaped profile of an Erhlenmeyer flask .

LOL = Laughing out loud.

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #10 on Apr 17, 2011, 6:38am »

Apr 16, 2011, 1:01pm, Richard wrote:

LOL.
Nahh. It just looks better.

it's really the shape of the E.Flask that was copied.
It's still an Erhlenmeyer flask with an A shaped profile.

LOL = Laughing out loud.

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OK ! ... lol ! ... ha ha ha ! ... laughing out loud ! ... thanks ! ... didn't know ! ...

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #11 on Apr 29, 2011, 10:28pm »

So ! ... I understand this ' SalineOS ' now ...

like somekind of ... ' salted peanuts ' ! ... a ' salted Operating-System ' ! ... LoL ! ...

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Re: Where does this name " Salineos " coming from
« Reply #12 on Dec 7, 2011, 7:57am »

And here I thought it referred to the car which is FAST. Not many people use the term saline solution unless they are into chemistry. The car is actually spelled saleen but I would doubt anyone would actually try to take the name.

That's the new 2011 S302 btw
I used to know a guy who had a custom built saleen. It was so fast I thought it needed 4wd.

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