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I've build a simple OS and want to come up with a name for it.
So my question is:

How do you come up with a good OS-name?

Come up with a working name first that is what you're stiving to accomplish with your OS. This has the added benefit of reminding you about your goals.

I know a good one

DOS

@gabriel:

To much beer for you buddy,
cheers!!!!

matthias, why are you making your OS? How is it different from other OSs? Take this difference, and make it into a name

My simple OS name is Sun Operating System. I name it that because when i starting do it was good weather

ComputerPsi wrote:matthias, why are you making your OS? How is it different from other OSs? Take this difference, and make it into a name

I think you're right about that, so I've made up a name for my os My os is going to be fully 64-bit so I put 64 in the name. So I think this is going to be it: OS64 :p

I like the way Samba came up with it's name. Take the idea behind your project (a Server Message Block server/client), use some of the letters from that, SMB, and search through the standard dictonary word list for words that contain those letters. Of course then you have to see which of those names are already legally taken.

In my case, I came up with the (working) name for my OS, "Lizix" as a joke based on a nickname some friends had for me (Liz). If, someday, it ever becomes something big, I figure I'll change it to something more professional.
My friends thought it was a good name Mind you, their first reaction when I mentioned the name was, "are you making a distro of Linux?"

Me too i had not found a good name for my OS so I named it X OS (X : unknown )

cipek wrote: My simple OS name is Sun Operating System. I name it that because when i starting do it was good weather

http://www.osdata.com/oses/sunos.htm

You might want to think about a different name. That one is taken.

Oh no Now i don't know how can i name my os Meybe you can help me

I like porthOS...

Why porthOS ?? I think i name my OS CipekSmallOperatingSystem. What do you thin about this ?? :>

I just picked the name of a legendary/mythological figure I liked.