Name my OS for me

Solar · Post by **Solar** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:29 am

Heh... seems I already wrote my part on the subject.

AndrewAPrice · Post by **AndrewAPrice** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:14 am

How about Project Antarctica.

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:44 am

MessiahAndrw wrote:How about Project Antarctica.

Personally, I'd have added a smiley to that statement...

ubergeek · Post by **ubergeek** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:54 am

Wow, this little post has sure sparked a lot of discussion. I decided not to name my OS now, just slapped a code name (Project Kudu) on it. (Kudu is an African antelope. Maybe I'll call v.2.0 "Antelope" or "Eland" or "Water Buffalo"

inflater · Post by **inflater** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:33 pm

If I had... i would call my 2nd OS "Shmeergel OS", 0.1 as "Codename Frankenstein".

Speewave · Post by **Speewave** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:01 pm

a few ideas:

MyOS

COST - Crappy Operating System Thing

if you have no pride in your OS call it Crap.

CRAP : Crappy:( Retarded

And Possessed

. (it may have been the code name for Windows Vista?)

mines something little childish: CoolOS.

exkor · Post by **exkor** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:14 pm

Totaly agree with xchg, no 'OS' in the name. Having 'OS' is in the name is just crap. My os name is related to my work - FOREX and its one of the nicknames of the pair I trade - volatile pair that gave me time to do my hobby(programing).

PS: MacOS is just crap as a name.

AndrewAPrice · Post by **AndrewAPrice** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:24 am

I've codenamed my OS Perception. It's not an official name (unless it sticks like Linux) but rather I thought up of it to identify my OS for folder names, etc.

I stick with simplistic names for my individual components, e.g. "kernel" "driver interface" "program manager". If I was referring to these components to anyone else I would simply say "my kernel", "my driver interface", etc, or more formally, "the Perception kernel".

Giving individual components abstract or creative names can become confusing to anyone not familiar with your OS. E.g. if I downloaded and tested your OS and you referred to your kernel as "Dingbat", your text editor as "Fingersize", and your web browser as "Spiderload" I would have no clue what anything is. I would choose a more appropriate name, e.g. for a text editor something like Text Editor, Writer, Notepad, would be more appropriate.

SpooK · Post by **SpooK** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:30 pm

exkor wrote:Totaly agree with xchg, no 'OS' in the name. Having 'OS' is in the name is just crap. My os name is related to my work - FOREX and its one of the nicknames of the pair I trade - volatile pair that gave me time to do my hobby(programing).

PS: MacOS is just crap as a name.

I agree, unless the name just happens to end in 'os'... like "dynatos" (DynatOS)

stevenup7002 · Post by **stevenup7002** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:17 pm

UOS? the Unnamable Operating System?

Tezzanator · Post by **Tezzanator** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:12 am

Mine was called "OS" till yesterday when my friend said "oz" So now my OS is called "TWOOS" (The wizard of os)... hah

mathematician · Post by **mathematician** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:07 am

cg123 wrote:How about George? George is a pretty good name, I think.

Already taken. By a 1960's operating system.

quanganht · Post by **quanganht** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:15 am

How about JOS - Junk OS ?

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