On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 07:57:23PM +0000, james morris wrote: > > On 30/12/2009, "Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas" > <pedro.lopez.cabanillas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >I want to add that I have the above links at hand because I am an active user > >of the sites. I use both gtk-apps.org and kde-apps.org when looking for > >programs, and my desktop is usually an eclectic mix of free software from > >here and there. I've never thought that two letters in a program name were a > >so much transcendental matter, and I offer a name change if that helps to > >stop the persecution. If the proposed name "Lapidation" is not acceptable, > >I'm open to other proposals. > > How about the "lobster-cracker"? > > see http://www.pd.org/Perforations/perf5/influ.html One of my favorite apps is "Jpilot". Some people got bent out of shape about the fact that he named it "jpilot" but it's not based on Java. Like, WTF, does Java have a copyright on the letter J? Paul gets cranky sometimes; it's part of his charm, along with his dry and sometimes caustic British humour and sarcasm. I love Linux project names, in general, because they're goofy, weird, funny, and often make no sense whatsoever. I mean, after all, this whole endeavour is descended from a guy who named his project "GNU". -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
