need a name for the server we build from the XFree86 ddx?

[Leon Shiman]

what about "XF" ?

leon

on Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:03:43 -0500 (EST) Mike A. Harris wrote:
>
>On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Kaleb S. KEITHLEY wrote:
>
>>It should probably not be Xorg. (Too cheesy.)
>>
>>Maybe Xxof?
>>
>>XFree86 has always tried to discourage people from calling them 
XFree, 
>>and given their intransigent behavior WRT the license, perhaps we 
might 
>>call it Xfree? (That might be too much "in your face" though.)
>
>I think using any name that resembles "XFree86" is best to avoid,
>in order to avoid end user confusion between the two projects,
>and minimize support problems for both projects and those who
>ship the code.  We also should of course respect the XFree86
>project's contributions over the years, and their trademark and
>likenesses to it as well.
>
>>Any other suggestions?
>
>Jim suggested just calling the X server "X11".  We could also go
>with the quaint "X", or "Xserver".  Seems rather nameless to me, 
>and that they would also cause confusion.  We need to try to look 
>at a name from the end user's perspective as well, and avoid 
>confusing them in the already confusing X world.  By naming it 
>"X11", there would be confusion as to wether the "X11 protocol" 
>or the "X11 X server" was being refered to in some contexts.
>
>I think a new name which is more creative, user friendly, 
>pronounceable, not already a trademark, is as short as possible, 
>and contains the letter X, preferably at the beginning of the 
>name would be something better than the ones mentioned above.
>
>Some suggestions:
>
>(arbitrarly fabricated names, pronouncing the X as either "eks" 
> or "Z" depending on which sounds nicer in the word)
>
>Xen
>Xenome
>Xandar
>Xenorph
>Xlin
>Xeneric
>Xone
>Xoke
>Xalian
>Xddx
>Xetera
>Xtreme
>Xdesktop
>Xdesk
>X2004
>Xoo
>Xunique
>Xoom
>Xaxaphrax   (zax-a-fracks - ok, I'm trying too hard now)
>Xantastic
>Xorgon
>Xaphod      (beeblebrox anyone?
>BeeblebroX
>Xandersca	<grin>
>Xrws		(in honor of X's origins)
>Xodium
>Xorg_Xserver
>Xserver-freedesktop
>Xserver-xorg
>
>
>Feel free to comment on how good/bad those are.
>
>What are other people's thoughts?
>
>
>-- 
>Mike A. Harris
>
>
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