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> The current one in particular is bound to have people typing “ravenous”. I'd guess it was probably intended, and that makes things worse. I know - as someon

> The current one in particular is bound to have people typing “ravenous”. I'd guess it was probably intended, and that makes things worse. I know - as someone else was commenting - that naming things is hard, but for something like this, finding a name that is easy to pronounce, and easy to spell, should be a high priority. Off the top of my head, playing with the fact that it is an OS, it runs on a Mac, and is based on FreeBSD (where BSD stands for Berkeley Software Distribution [0]), a couple of quick suggestions: - BerkeleyOS (let's honor Berkeley) - FinOS (a play on finess - easy to spell?) - SteveOS (obvious reference - might be disliked by many - but is it Jobs or Woz? Perhaps WozOS would be better?) - BillOS or JoyOS (Bill Joy founded BSD in 1976) - JordanOS (Jordan Hubbard coined the term FreeBSD) etc. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution

latexr 3y ago
JoyOS is particularly good. It’s short, has a clear cadence that helps to identify its parts (joy-o-s) as has multiple positive reads. At first you’ll just assume “it’s a joy to use” (which could be a slogan) but then has the historical reference that makes the name even better and more meaningful once you learn it.
- I_Am_Nous 3y ago
  And if we say it fast, it sounds like Joyous - something most people would consider "good" to be!
mod50ack 3y ago
> is it Jobs or Woz? I prefer to read it as an homage to Steve-O.
rafram 3y ago
> Perhaps WozOS would be better? Maybe, but I genuinely would not be surprised if Woz held and enforced trademark rights on his name. It’s his brand - see Woz U.