On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Stephan Sokolow <gmane.ssoko...@spamgourmet.com> wrote: > On 13-11-25 10:58 AM, Jerome Leclanche wrote: >> For what it's worth, I think if we go for a name we should then use it >> everywhere; not have references to LDE, LQDE, LXQt and LXDE-Qt all >> over. I also don't think "DE" is a requirement; gnome uses "GNOME", >> not GDE. >> I think LXQt has a nice ring to it. It's very pronouncable (elixcute), >> and it rings nicely with a bird mascot called Helix ;) It also nicely >> "merges" LXDE and Razor-Qt. I'd honestly like to keep the LX letters >> as they are since they represent the LXDE brand pretty well. > > To be honest, on an emotional level, I do like LXQt more than my > suggestion of LQDE. > > It feels catchier and I think the lowercase "t" makes it more visually > appealing than something that's purely uppercase. > > So the upsides to LXQt so far are: > - LXQt feels catchier (even if, like me, you insist on pronouncing "Qt" > as "cue-tee" because "cute" is "a little too cute" to take seriously.) > - LXQt looks nicer > - LXQt can act as a portmanteau of "LXDE" and "Razor-Qt" > > ...and the downsides are: > - The X in LXQt stands for X11 and Wayland is on the way.
And the G in GTK stands for GIMP; didn't prevent thousands of apps that aren't gimp from using it ;) > - It's harder to concisely explain what it means (compared to a pure > acronym like LQDE) Just like every other DE out there. KDE, GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon, etc. > >> >> 2c >> >>> >>>> J. Leclanche >>> >>> Cheers! >>> Andriy. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Razor-qt" group. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/razor-qt?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Razor-qt" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to razor-qt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription >> Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. >> Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing >> conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription > Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. > Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing > conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Lxde-list mailing list > Lxde-list@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list Lxde-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
