In October 2020 (https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/2020/10/eureka-here-we-have-the-board-layout-15-days-to-donate-3660-euro-left/), we've started to ask the community to suggest names for our motherboard. The suggestions were collected from our powerprogress forum (https://forum.powerprogress.org/d/24-suggestion-for-the-name-of-motherboard-of-our-oshw-powerpc-notebook) and even from Twitter. We voted internally on these names to pick the best candidates for a public vote. So now you can vote on your favourite names!
Our desire is to collect around 1000 votes before decide the final name on the PCB.
References of the names:
Tyche | Presiding tutelary deity governing the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyche |
Sam2080 | Suggested from ACube |
Bellatrix | It's the third brightest star of the constellation Orion (x86, ARM... Power is _the_ third architecture, isn't it?). The name also means "female warrior", because you have to have some Am*ga references... :P |
Oliphant | The antique signaling horn, used by heroes like Roland and Charlemagne, thus conceiving the concept of exotic which gives a strong signal |
Debbie | "Introduced on July 23, 1985, during a star-studded gala featuring Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry held at the Vivian Beaumont Theater[10] at Lincoln Center in New York City Debian |
FarStar | A space ship imagined by Asimov in its book "Foundation’s Edge", a "gravitic" ship with a sophisticated computer interface for controlling its movements through space that responds to the driver's thoughts |
Hénon | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9non_map |
Durandal | The mythical sword of Roland/Orlando, conveices the expession of myth and power, but also the difficulty of our project with PPC. Furthermore the name assonates with several wors. "Dur", "Durare" (=to last in Italian), "Duro" =(hard, hard to beat, resilient) |
Lilly | my catty dog, do you remember Jay Miner dog on Amiga1000? Also it's a girl name as the Amiga custom chips. |
Velouria | A song from The Pixies. Amiga boards have B52's song titles as names. Also it's a girl name as the Amiga custom chips. Song meaning: https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/43064/?&specific_com=73015985030#comments |
Overture | It’s commonly a term used in symphonies, so it really gives a feel of power and elegance, which are potential benefits of this project. It even gives you a whole registry of follow-up terms centered around music, if subsequent models are produced |
The VOTE is moved here (https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/2021/06/wait-green-lights-for-pcb-assembly-line/#vote_pcb_name)