A New Operating System -- What to Call It?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=167024

by mudge • 18 years ago

6 15 18 years ago

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Any idea of what to call a new operating system? The other day the name Astronaut struck me. I'd want it to be small enough for one person but powerful enough to take him/her to outer space.

I wrote about making a new operating system a few days ago: http://nickmudge.info/?post=91

xenoterracide• 18 years ago

names can come later.

the original name of linux was 'freax'.

I remember your original post. Is this OS going to be a *nix?

astronaut isn't original enough (although it sounds like a good release name)

osname 1.0 astronaut :P

I've nothing off the top of my head though...

bigtoga• 18 years ago

Dunny why, but the name "Cherry" pops into my head. Best of luck to you.

kxt2• 18 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CherryOS

tgdavies• 18 years ago

mudnicks

hcho• 18 years ago

YAOS? Yet Another Operating System.

jcl• 18 years ago

Or perhaps KAOS: KAOS Is Not An Acronym For Anything.

kxt2• 18 years ago

Disclaimer: I don't want to offend you, I have nothing personal against you (I don't even know anything about you).

But.

I have seen this many times. People have their Great Idea. Like writing a whole new operating system. However, they do this by staring threads on the internets about how great their operating system will be. Without having actual goals (other than the vague ideas about what will make their system so great), doing their research on the topic or even having the necessary skills to start.

If you really intend to create a new operating system, then go for it. I'd be happy to see your next post in 3-6 months about the "New operating system I've been developing and published in <this> git repo. It has no name yet, and can boot only on <insert virtual machine>, and doesn't do too much even on that one. I also have plans to do <this> and <this> in the next months. Comments welcome."

See template: http://www.linux.org/people/linus_post.html

yan• 18 years ago

While picking a name, make sure to pick a cute mascot, design a boot loader graphic, create an online community, ponder about destroying Microsoft before committing a single line of code to your repository.

I'm sorry, I really don't mean to be personal but if I had a nickel every time I read about people creating their new awesome operating system and having it never materialize, I'd have some snacks right now.

Like others said, write a first prototype, create a rough draft of most subsystems and then make this post. You'll earn a lot more respect.

Hexayurt• 18 years ago

well, given your focus on virtualization, what about something that references clones / zombies / ants / Neos

replicant?

googlable helps

plinkplonk• 18 years ago

"I wrote about making a new operating system a few days ago:"

You also posted a "I am thinking of writing an operating system" link to ycombinator(http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162938) a few days ago. Now you post another asking for a name. Lines of code == zero!

How about you actually write an operating system and then submit a link?

I, for one, really don't want to see a series of " I am thinking of writing an operating system", "I want a name for an operating system" , " hey I wrote my first line of code for an operating system" "hey I did my first check in" .... series of posts.

Please, write the damn thing and THEN post here! Thanks in advance,

aggieben• 18 years ago

Yes. If we want play by play, we can all do `git log`.

st3alther• 18 years ago

<b>st3alther was HERE</b> the New Ubuntu ver. 8 was Update and More secure.

anupamkapoor• 18 years ago

mudge's os ... smudge ?

revorad• 18 years ago

All this baseless talk about a new OS is a really lowly linkbaiting and karma-earning strategy.

Can we stop upmodding such stories please?

ivrokv• 18 years ago

how about vapornix? or vaporOS?

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