Idears for names

[thomas]

My kernel is aproaching V.0.0.6 and it still doesent have a name any sugesttions people

[Candy]

The version doesn't indicate anything. There's no point in comparing them either.

For a name, try google. Some people have found names in weird words in other languages (Karig for example), some use something that fascinates them (mobius) or something they just thought up as a concept (clicker), some use a completely random concept (black cat OS), some use old names (atlantisos) and some just choose a random first character and place OS behind it. Most common is to use your own nickname or realname and to use that first character or word. For for example Bubach that became BOS. For DennisCGc it became DennisOS.

Just don't mind the name. If it's good it'll make its own name, no matter how badly chosen, good.

[Pype.Clicker]

just make sure you don't pay money for the domain name too early

[Warrior]

@Pype *rofl*

@thomas

Just pick a name you like, it will get catchy if your Operating System does too =p

Perfect example of this: Microsoft Windows

[Colonel Kernel]

I chose "Precursor OS", since it's the one I'm writing to throw away.

[thomas]

well i found a generator and i thought phantom OS was the best

[Pype.Clicker]

well i found a generator and i thought phantom OS was the best

http://cliki.tunes.org/Phantom%20OS you might not be the only one to use that generator, unfortunately ...

[AxelDominatoR]

Why use "windows" when you can exit via doors? DoorOS


But thinking a bit about that... Windows is Gates'OS ...
argh

[mystran]

If I am not mistaken "Doors" is already a name of an OS, which btw might be interesting reading for those interested in OS concept research.

[Crazed123]

Name it after an emoticon. ":)OS".

[vbbrett]

I discovered a name for my OS by simply picking up a dictionary. It took be all of 30 minutes to choose 'Corona Operating System'. As already mentioned, areas of interest(science, mathematics, history) can be pooled for names. For instance, Pascal was named after frenchman Blaise Pascal who was a mathematician. There are numerous examples.....
Brett

[protonix]

Since the objective of my OS was to be extremely small (512 bytes), I chose Protonix, which comes from the word "proton". I was originally going to use Atomix or AtomicOS, but AtomicOS was taken and Atomix sounds too close to that, so I picked something smaller than an atom.

[smiddy]

Why use "windows" when you can exit via doors? DoorOS


But thinking a bit about that... Windows is Gates'OS ...
argh

Windows, doors, and gates all some threshold or transition occurs...interesting. So perhaps an OS name that inspires that mindset further, like: TransporterOS; ExitOS; EnterOS; CaccoonOS; LimboOS... ;D

[smiddy]

Since the objective of my OS was to be extremely small (512 bytes), I chose Protonix, which comes from the word "proton". I was originally going to use Atomix or AtomicOS, but AtomicOS was taken and Atomix sounds too close to that, so I picked something smaller than an atom.

This opens the door to all the little fellers wrapped around inside nuclie: PionOS, MesonOS, GluonOS, PhotonOS, ElectronOS, NuetronOS, HadronOS, BaryonOS, or QuanaOS...

[Crazed123]

Photons are emitted from atoms, not in the nuclei.

CharmOS, UpOS, DownOS, StrangeOS. Quark types!