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You need a new name. zsync is an rsync-like tool optimized for many downloads per file version. zsync is used by Linux distributions such as Ubuntu for distrib
by LeoPanthera 3y ago
You need a new name.
zsync is an rsync-like tool optimized for many downloads per file version. zsync is used by Linux distributions such as Ubuntu for distributing fast changing beta ISO image files. zsync uses the HTTP protocol and .zsync files with pre-calculated rolling hash to minimize server load yet permit diff transfer for network optimization.
- hanniabu 3y agoIt's also very close to zksync
- JSavageOne 3y agoI'm def not attached to the name, was just the best I could think of with a domain available. Can brainstorm others / open to ideas. Thanks for the feedback.
- ZunarJ5 3y agoI agree. The name sounds like a toolbox.
- tgv 3y agoThat doesn't matter at all. First, there's always some obscure Linux tool with the same name, simply because Linux has a long history, and good names are the ones taken first, even when they're totally unrelated to their task (gnome, thunderbird, apt, to mention a few). Second, the name will not confuse anybody. 99.99% of the target audience will not have heard of the linux tool, and the ones that have will not thing "zsync.com, I bet that's going to be a site about diff transfers optimized for network load".
- rubicks 3y agoStrongly concur. I really wanted this to be a `rsync` work-alike with `zstd` features built in.