"UbuntuTouch" name

dobey

@3arn0wl no please, I hate names that ends with OS :pouting_face: :face_with_tears_of_joy: , their awful, the name should say it's an operating system imo. Names don't do it for other products/softwares, why should the do it for OSes?

That's just not true. Have you never heard of AutoCAD? PHOTOshop? Painter? macOS?

Names are just that, names, and often it is good to make it more unique by adding what specifically it is as such.

Pulsar33

Well, UTOS ?

trainailleur

@Louies said in "UbuntuTouch" name:

This is the name I think of temporarily.
Unity Touch
Meaning is unity8 in touch

I see no reason to change the current name - since it is Ubuntu Touch, but if Canonical ever did request a name change, Unity Touch or Unity Mobile seem like good choices to me. Neither describes the OS under the GUI though, unlike the existing name.

dobey

There are already enough things named Unity. The name "Unity" is a bigger problem here than Ubuntu, I'd say.

trainailleur

@dobey said in "UbuntuTouch" name:

There are already enough things named Unity. The name "Unity" is a bigger problem here than Ubuntu, I'd say.

Probably. Let us hope there is no need to change it.

kugiigi

Noli me tangere OS

PhoenixLandPirat

@Lakotaubp said in "UbuntuTouch" name:

@tigerpro I'm afraid calling it “Ultimate Touch” might attract the wrong sort of attention : )

Super Smash Bros Ultimate Touch.

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marlboro50

@lduboeuf said in "UbuntuTouch" name:

I remember a talk on AppDev channel about UbuntuTouch naming issue, can someone please explain me how it goes ?
If so are there any new name choosen ?

Google results for Ubuntu Touch:
About 49.900.000 results (0,55 seconds)
Why would you want to change the name?

mymike

@dobey well yeah, you're right, but I don't like those names either.
A good acronym could be way better: GIMP is a great example (GNU Image Manipulator Program, for those who don't know)

dobey

@mymike or not so great acronym as the case may be. acronyms are usually a bad way to name something.

flohack

I am just saying that there will be no naming discussion in the near future. There are no plans to change the name, as our marketing guys decided.

BR Florian

halucigenia

How about

UTNOS

Ubuntu Touch is Not a Ubuntu Operating System

Pulsar33

@halucigenia I've proposed (and I prefer) UTOS, more easy to say
BR
Pulsar33

UniSuperBox

@Flohack said in "UbuntuTouch" name:

There are no plans to change the name

There is no need for more discussion on this topic at this time. I'll lock the thread to reduce noise.