Distributions manage the namespace of executables.  Well, they&#x27;re supposed to anyway... that&#x27;s much of the complaint here about Linux Mint.<p>In Fedora (and most distros), programs with an executable name overlapping another program will be renamed to a unique name as part of the distro packaging.  (Putting aside programs intentionally named the same thing because they provide the same function, which are managed differently via &quot;alternatives&quot;.)<p>This puts some implicit pressure on creators of software to not reuse names that are already in use, which seems to work for the most part.