My target audience for this is not general GNU/Linux users, it is DJs who may or may not have any experience with GNU/Linux or much technical knowledge. The name "Mixxx" is a cool sounding DJing term already.
On 02/08/2015 02:35 PM, Garth Dahlstrom wrote: > > Hi Be, > > Putting aside the trademark thing... > > Frankly, I don't think Mixxx as part of the name of a distro actually > sounds cool or would anyway help the uptake... For one thing, most > novice users probably have no idea what Mixxx is. > > If I were in your place, I would go for a name that either describes > the function i.e. 'Linux 4 DJs', Live DJ with Linux', 'The DJ distro', > 'iDJ Linux' or captures a cool sounding DJing/musical term i.e. > 'Backspin Linux', 'Crossfade Linux', 'Breakbeat Linux'. Beyond that > you could play off the Mixxx name in a way that limits potential for > confusion... i.e. miX3 Linux, ReMix3 > > If you wanted to say the distro "features Mixxx" as a tag line, I > don't think that would be a big deal. > > Just my 2 cents... > [Disclaimer: The opinions above are my own, and don't constitute an > official position of Mixxx :P] > > -G > > On Feb 8, 2015 2:29 PM, "Daniel Schürmann" <dasch...@mixxx.org > <mailto:dasch...@mixxx.org>> wrote: > > Hi Be, > > you project sounds cool. Do you have any project page? > > The Mixxx trademark is somehow owned by the Mixxx team. > > It is hard to give a permission to label a third party product Mixxx > if it is Mixxx related, but developed outside the team. > > Since your project seams to be fully inline with the goals of the > Mixxx > team, there should be a way to use the Mixxx name. > > I hope RJ Ryan our head developer jumps in. He can explain the legal > situation a the best. > > Since you are already active in the Mixxx team, why not join the > projects? > Just make your project a Mixxx team project? > > What do the others on this list think? > > Kind regards, > > Daniel > > > > > > > > Am 08.02.2015 um 13:14 schrieb Be: > > I am also open to suggestions for other names. Potential names I am > > thinking of: > > Live Mixxx > > ReMixxx (I would also like permission from Mixxx developers for > this) > > Respin/ReSpin > > > > Btw, the USB installer script will set up USB drives with a > persistent > > /home partition as well. > > > > On 02/07/2015 04:14 PM, Be wrote: > >> I've been working on a live GNU/Linux distribution with Mixxx > based on > >> Fedora and I'm nearly ready to publish a first version. It will > have a > >> number of advantages over what has been done before, including > a script > >> to set up a USB drive to be able to boot it and store music on it > >> seamlessly & copy music to/from it with OS X and Windows, a > full Xfce > >> desktop environment, and realtime patched Linux. I've been > thinking of > >> calling it "Live DJ GNU/Linux", but the more I talk about it the > >> clunkier that name sounds. I'd like to call it "Live Mixxx > GNU/Linux", > >> which also quite clearly says what it is and but sounds good (it > >> rhymes!). Would it be okay with the Mixxx developers if I use > that name? > >> > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. 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