Name suggestion: SnappyOS

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Hi there, loving this OS, therefore here my naming improvement suggestion.

Now I know things are already set in its ways, but what the hell:
I would suggest a name edit to this project from CachyOS to SnappyOS. CachyOS sounds rather off-putting and abstract, whereas SnappyOS sounds natural, pleasant and inviting.
The meaning is clear to everyone with a brain immediately, since this OS is so fast and SNAPPY, whereas not everyone would immediately know what Cachy/Cache even is. If this project wants to grow into a bigger crowd, I think thats the way to go.

It’s a long-shot but that’s my naming improvement suggestion.

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The is nothing off putting about the name CachyOS in the tiniest bit. Actually to anyone with any real intelligence Snappy can mean fast and responsive, or quick to answer with little to nothing to offer.

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Let’s not argue about taste. That would be endless and pointless. I just offered my view on the name.

And I suppose the last sentence of you was referring to your own comment. :smiley:

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Reminds me too much of snap and Ubuntu. In my mind when I think SnappyOS I think every application taking 1-2 seconds to start ontop of its base load time because snap is slow.

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And snappiness isn’t coherent across all media. Some people run the distro off strange things like flash drives, that’s never gonna be ‘snappy’ :wink: Well unless they copy to RAM…and then startup is very slow.

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You can keep your anal-fixation to yourself that would be much appreciated among this round of grown up, mature and civil individuals or do I have to remind you of your own set of rules:

  • Be kind to your fellow community members.
  • Constructive criticism is welcome, but criticize ideas, not people.

Here is the Link to the guidelines for you:
https://discuss.cachyos.org/guidelines

Because gentlemen, let’s not forget that all that was offered was a simple naming suggestion. If you don’t like it, you can just move on.

Now let me find the flag option…

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I like the idea but I would also prefer to move further in that regard. From SnappyOS, we could isolate the Snap part, and then follow the popular culture, so we stay relevant of course, and call it ThanOS, which is also a nice concatenation.

This could also be interpreted as “Better Than” which is factually true, as CachyOS is better than every other OS.

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That’s right.

Only very few users know what the name means.
The OS name has nothing to do with cache, but is a portmanteau of cacULE and ? GitHub - ptr1337/linux-cacule: Archlinux Kernel based on the Cacule Scheduler and with many improvements.

As far as pronunciation goes, I’ve noticed that there are regional differences :rofl:

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SchedyOS, ExperimentyOS, OptimisyOS, BootingToBlackScreenOS, WeirdPerformanceIssuesOS, BleedingEdgeOS, GettingBugsAndFixesEarlyOS

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The “beauty” of opensource is you can fork cachyos, change the name to “Smelly Bottom Sounds OS”, if that is what you really want to do.
The rest of us use what works properly and dont fixate on the names.

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Maybe a portmanteau of cacULE and cache …

Well if you take beauty into the discussion then obviously the name matters.

Yes I also stopped distro hopping now :slight_smile:

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The buffer storage is not part of the name.

Ask Peter or naim, they are probably the originators of the name.

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It must be. Isn’t it obvious to you: Cache → Cachy

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Yes

No. “BufferMemoryOS” makes no sense to me.

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I think we should close that ridiculous discussion.

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