util.startup: Check root after detecting platform and reading config (thanks SigmaTel71)
Ensures that startup.detect_platform() runs so know whether to use the
POSIX method of checking the current user or something else. Also after
reading the config so we know whether the root override setting is set.
lxmppd - ...
dia - Greek, 'through', pronounced "dee-ah", root of "dialogue"
metaphor - An imaginative comparison between two actions/objects etc which is not literally applicable.
minstrel - Itinerant medieval musician/singer/story teller/poet.
parody - Imitation of a poem or another poet's style for comic/satiric effect.
poesy - Archaic word for poetry.
Xinshi - Chinese poetic term which literally means 'new poetry'.
polylogue - Many conversations
Thorns thought of:
poe - Derived from "poetry"
poezie - Romanian for "poesy" and "poem"
Elain - Just a cool name
Elane - A variation
Eclaire - Idem (French)
Adel - Random
Younha - Read as "yuna"
Quezacotl - Mayan gods -> google for correct form and pronunciation
Carbuncle - FF8 Guardian Force ^^
Protos - Mars satellite
mins - Derived from minstrel
diapoe - gr. dia + poesy/poetry
xinshi - I like it for a name just like that
loom - The first application I run on the first day of using a computer
Lory - Another name I happen to like
Loki - Nordic god of mischief, IIRC
Luna - Probably taken but I think worth mentioning
Coreo - Random thought
Miria - Also random
Lora - Idem
Kraken - :P
Nebula - .