New name for the mx-installer
- spidermouse
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Re: New name for the mx-installer
Steamroller, tugboat.
MX Packer, Picker, Mixer, Prime
MX Tally, MX Fetch (Fetcher).
App Gainer
Dolphin You mentioned pretzel, some food related: App Bakery, MX Candy Cane, Sweets, Jawbraker-MX.
And saved the best one for the end:
MX Extra Wobbly Spud Binaries
lol
MX Packer, Picker, Mixer, Prime
MX Tally, MX Fetch (Fetcher).
App Gainer
Dolphin You mentioned pretzel, some food related: App Bakery, MX Candy Cane, Sweets, Jawbraker-MX.
And saved the best one for the end:
MX Extra Wobbly Spud Binaries
lol
Re: New name for the mx-installer
+1Jerry3904 wrote:SysInstaller or sys-installer
No cutesy names that do not imply function, please.
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- anticapitalista
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Re: New name for the mx-installer
Why not?richb wrote:+1Jerry3904 wrote:SysInstaller or sys-installer
No cutesy names that do not imply function, please.
What function do the following apps included on MX describe?
Xfce, thunar, dolphin, firefox, chrome, clementine, thunderbird ...
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Re: New name for the mx-installer
I vote for these, because they are neat and intuitive and all that. Also very translatable. (Some of the subtle wordplays, while it works in English, make me headdesk as a translator. )Eadwine Rose wrote:Serious suggestions:
System Installer
OS Installer
Re: New name for the mx-installer
MXpert as of expert.
MXperient as of experient.
MXperiment as of experiment.
MXperimental as of experimental.....just a thought.
MXperient as of experient.
MXperiment as of experiment.
MXperimental as of experimental.....just a thought.
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Re: New name for the mx-installer
1. I do not like cutesy names, (personal preference)
2. Those are all applications with the exception of XFCE and are not MX/antiX packages.
3. XFCE is not a cutesy name.
Other than that have at it.
EDIT: And a new user asks himself, "How do I install this?" Cheetah? If install is in the name it is more obvious.
2. Those are all applications with the exception of XFCE and are not MX/antiX packages.
3. XFCE is not a cutesy name.
Other than that have at it.
EDIT: And a new user asks himself, "How do I install this?" Cheetah? If install is in the name it is more obvious.
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Re: New name for the mx-installer
Despite my earlier tongue-in-cheek suggestions, I don't think that linux veterans will much care what it's called, so I'm assuming that this exercise is really aimed at new users. In that vein, how about "The Disk Magician", which I think implies other functions besides just installing the operating system.
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Re: New name for the mx-installer
The user will see an icon on the desktop labelled Installer or MX installer or antiX installer. That is not going to change.
(I very much doubt anyone will install the installer on a live/installed system so it doesn't matter what the package/app is called)
Renaming the application, as I see it, is an attempt to encourage other linux devs to use our installer (if they wish) and even more importantly, contribute to adding features that are missing.
Added: For example, this is what is on the Debian debs page about the calamares installer
(I very much doubt anyone will install the installer on a live/installed system so it doesn't matter what the package/app is called)
Renaming the application, as I see it, is an attempt to encourage other linux devs to use our installer (if they wish) and even more importantly, contribute to adding features that are missing.
Added: For example, this is what is on the Debian debs page about the calamares installer
Calamares is a distribution-independent installer framework.
It provides a graphical installer that can be used with nearly any distribution. This package is suitable for live media on Debian-based systems, and won't be of any particular use on and already installed system.
You will likely want to provide your own config files to match your distribution, reading the Calamares documentation will guide you through that process.
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Re: New name for the mx-installer
+1 If I understand well nothing will change for a new user. He will look for an icon named "installer" and that's all.anticapitalista wrote:The user will see an icon on the desktop labelled Installer or MX installer or antiX installer. That is not going to change.
(I very much doubt anyone will install the installer on a live/installed system so it doesn't matter what the package/app is called)
Renaming the application, as I see it, is an attempt to encourage other linux devs to use our installer (if they wish) and even more importantly, contribute to adding features that are missing.
Re: New name for the mx-installer
If it is just a package name I really do not care what it is called.
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