That's correct. The naming was due to it being initial built to show information (=info) on a projector (=beamer) at a German hacker conference to inform visito

That's correct. The naming was due to it being initial built to show information (=info) on a projector (=beamer) at a German hacker conference to inform visitors about talks, tweets and more. You can actually see the very first public usage in this old image from 2012: Note the projection in the top middle: https://entropia.de/images/c/cf/GPN12-atarifrosch-20120609-033.jpg https://entropia.de/images/c/cf/GPN12-atarifrosch-20120609-0...