Comment by duskwuff

> Shodan, a search engine. Shodan (初段) means “first-level ranking in a skill, etc.”

In this context it's more likely a reference to the malevolent AI in the 1994 video game System Shock -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHODAN

> Asahi Linux. Asahi (朝日, 旭) means “morning sun.”

As noted on the Asahi web page, it is also the Japanese name for the apple cultivar known in the US as the McIntosh. :)