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> Why does "Poky" have such a weird name "Poky" in English means "small". The idea being that the distro is engineered to build small OS images for small embed
by wdfx 7y ago
> Why does "Poky" have such a weird name
"Poky" in English means "small". The idea being that the distro is engineered to build small OS images for small embedded devices.
- kadoban 7y agoThough that definition is correct (had to look it up) the more common one seems to be "annoyingly slow". at least that's the only one I actually knew or ever heard.
- shakna 7y agoIt might be a slightly older phrasing, but to match your anecdote: I've never heard of poky meaning slow. More: > It's located in a pokey little village in the middle of damn near nowhere.
- zcrackerz 7y agoYou've never heard of a slow-poke? Similar usage, you can be pokey or you can be a slow-poke, both mean slow. The "small" definition is new to me. Seems like difference between British/American English.
- shakna 7y ago> You've never heard of a slow-poke? Sure, but that doesn't mean "slow slow". The poke part of that that means something similar to "yoke". A slowpoke is something that's slow and dragging you down with it.
- kingosticks 7y agoIt's not exactly a positive term though is it. It's a strange choice if this is truely the reason.
- usr1106 7y agoAll the names of Yocto (or better openembedded, which is it's ancestor) have to do with food. There is bitbake, cooker, toaster, and what not. Pocky is a brand of chocolate coated bisquit sticks. (Not very international, I have not seen them.) But using a trademarked (I assume) name might end up in trouble, so they changed the spelling but kept the pronunciation.