Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
Am 02.06.2012 um 18:03 schrieb Nick Sheppard: On 31/05/12 16:36, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: ... 4. Nomenclature OpenPhoneux/GTA04 There may be some confusion what GTA04 and OpenPhoneux are and what makes them different. We define: * GTA*: the next generation motherboard(s), i.e. electronics * OpenPhonux: the future independent mobile handheld project aiming at complete devices (i.e. GTA04 + case + components) Currently, we run the domains www.gta04.org and www.openphoenux.org. The Openphoenux.org home page will be made more prominent and content rich soon. This was a really informative post - thanks! But how are you going to spell the new baby's name? I see Phoenux, Phoneux, and Phonux all within a few lines. Ah, there have been typos... Sorry. The name is derived from: Open-Phoen(ix)-(Lin)ux I.e. a contraction of * Open * Phoenix (the bird of dreams raising from ashes) * Linux If we were voting, I'd go for OpenPhonux, because it's roughly equal parts Phone, Phoenix and Linux which seems about right. Also, importantly I think, if you heard it spoken you'd probably be able to guess correctly how it's spelled, which helps with googling and word-of-mouth publicity. And it has the sound phone in it which helps tell people what it is (Phoenux doesn't, at least in English). And Phoneux looks as if it should be pronounced in French (or is that just me ...). That is indeed difficult fur us all who don't have english as mother-tongue... Linux is pronounced in english as Line-ugs (/ˈlɪnəks/ [1]). I.e. it should be phon-ugs. But of course it's the parents who should name the baby, and I'm really only a bystander, though soon-to-be GTA04 owner ... Nick Sheppard Nikolaus [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Overclocked newer GTA04 based phones?
Am 02.06.2012 um 12:44 schrieb Glenn: Somebody has apparently overclocked (some?) newer GTA04 based phones? ;-) http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04%20Completereferer= Quote: ... TI DM3730 with 800 1000 MHz ... Glenn, you have good eyes :) Well, someone has found that we can order the Texas Instruments DM3730CBP100 to compare with the standard 800 MHz version at some higher cost. So we have built a handful of boards for the complete variant. This means that the CPU of this device can be officially run at 1 GHz. But all OMAP3 CPUs can be overclocked. I think there are descriptions for the BeagleBoard XM and the OpenPandora going up by 30% or more. Note that the operation voltage has to be adjusted and power demand may rise. And, the system may run for hours but suddenly a single bit may fail... The crash may be harmless or harmul depending on which bit it is (it could be for a file system superblock just being written...) BR, Nikolaus___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
Am 05.06.2012 um 22:30 schrieb Boudewijn: On Monday 04 June 2012 14:49:48 Martin Jansa wrote: On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 05:03:55PM +0100, Nick Sheppard wrote: On 31/05/12 16:36, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: ... 4. Nomenclature OpenPhoneux/GTA04 This was a really informative post - thanks! But how are you going to spell the new baby's name? I see Phoenux, Phoneux, and Phonux all within a few lines. To make this naming even more confusing: Today I've noticed webOS enthusiasts calling themselves Phoenix International Communications http://phxdevices.com/ At least that gives them ample excuse to port webOS to GTA04 ;-) I asked them to consider the GTA04 for a port. So let's see :) BTW, we were first [1] :) [1] http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2010-April/061191.html ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
On 11/06/12 07:15, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: it should be phon-ugs. That's what I should have asked about - pronunciation rather than spelling. Because (as an English speaker) I've been pronouncing OpenPhoenux as open-fee-nux (like the legendary phoenix, fee-nix or fii-nix in English). I've only just realised (Duh!) that the oe is an o-umlaut and therefore more like an o sound. But I think that most English speakers would make the same mistake. That's why I thought the OpenPhonux spelling was good - it forces English speakers to say it your way. (As well as looking more like Phone on paper.) I'll be careful to say phon-ugs from now on! Nick ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
Am 03.06.2012 um 16:02 schrieb Christoph Pulster: If we were voting, I'd go for OpenPhonux I vote for Openmoko2. The idea is still the same, why change the well-known brand name ? Well, because we (the community) do not own the brand name and therefore can't use it. And, if you google for Openmoko, you will find many comments seeing it as a failure. Therefore a new bird starting over :) Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Learning from Apple...
I just read what the Apple CEO did say 5 minutes ago: 11:52 amOnly Apple could make such amazing hardware, software, and services. 11:52 amThe products we make combined with the apps that you create can fundamentally change the world. 11:53 amAnd really, I can't think of a better reason of getting up in the morning. Almost everything he says can be said about the independent and open source communities (except we don't have such many money - but we have brains as well). And we also want to change the world fundamentally. Towards real freedom for the users. This is the reason why I get up each morning and continue to improve the Openphoenux/GTA04 world :) Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Learning from Apple...
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: I just read what the Apple CEO did say 5 minutes ago: ... Almost everything he says can be said about the independent and open source communities (except we don't have such many money - but we have brains as well). And we also want to change the world fundamentally. Towards real freedom for the users. Very well said! This is the reason why I get up each morning and continue to improve the Openphoenux/GTA04 world :) A big thank you for your motivation and persistence! Marc ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Learning from Apple...
http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20120611 -- Schon vor dem Come-Back von Modern Talking wusste ich: Dieter Bohlen ist der Preis der Freiheit. Heinz Rudolf Kunze ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
Hi If we were voting, I'd go for OpenPhonux +1 again. Well, OpenPhonix :-) The name is derived from: Open-Phoen(ix)-(Lin)ux so its openphoenux.org Linux is pronounced in english as Line-ugs (/ˈlɪnəks/ [1]). I.e. it should be phon-ugs. Phoen is not going to be pronounced as foʊn by anyone ? It will be Feenugs in most peoples mouth, as in Phoenic, Phoenicians and Phoenicopteriformes ( flamingos :-) ).. $2c, *-pike ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Linux is pronounced in english as Line-ugs (/ˈlɪnəks/ [1]). I.e. it should be phon-ugs. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Just as an FYI from a native speaker, /ˈlɪnəks/ would be lin-əks With lin which sounds like bin or the proper name Lynn and the 'ə' having the same sound as the 'a' in about. It's also a 'k' sound (as in kind) here and not a 'g'. The linked wikidpedia article is quite helpful with mouse-over tooltips for the pronunciation for each letter in /ˈlɪnəks/ Thus, it would be phon-əks here by your reasoning. But because phoenux is just phoenix with the 'i' changed to a 'u', I'd pronounce it exactly the same way but with an 'ə' sound for the u. So based on the wikipedia's article: [2] pronunciation of phoenix: /ˈfiːnɪks/ I'd say phoenux would thus be: /ˈfiːnəks/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 15:30 -0500, Harley Laue wrote: On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Linux is pronounced in english as Line-ugs (/ˈlɪnəks/ [1]). I.e. it should be phon-ugs. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Just as an FYI from a native speaker, /ˈlɪnəks/ would be lin-əks With lin which sounds like bin or the proper name Lynn Except that Linus' name is pronounced 'Lee-nus', not Lin-us or Lie-nus. Therefore if the kernel was named after him, it would have been pronounced Lee-nux. As the various groups went back and forth with the pronunciations of Linux, Linus created a .au file (Ogg had not been developed yet) and put it in the kernel sources. You can listen to that audio file, converted to .ogg, at the Wikipedia site. Seemingly one of the vast numbers of people could say Lee-nux even with the audio file, so most either called it Lin-nux or Lie-nux. After a while Linus said I do not care what you call it as long as you use it. and things settled down for a while. One day, after Linus had moved to California and was working for Transmeta, I phoned him, and he answered the phone Lye-nus. I said Lea-nus that is not even your name. He said 'I know, but nobody in California can say Lea-nus, so I am Lye-nus'. And so it goes. While it is nice that everyone pronounce the name correctly, the most important thing is that they use your project, including being able to find it using a search engine. Warmest regards, maddog (all lower case, one word) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Jon maddog Hall mad...@li.org wrote: On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 15:30 -0500, Harley Laue wrote: On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Linux is pronounced in english as Line-ugs (/ˈlɪnəks/ [1]). I.e. it should be phon-ugs. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Just as an FYI from a native speaker, /ˈlɪnəks/ would be lin-əks With lin which sounds like bin or the proper name Lynn Except that Linus' name is pronounced 'Lee-nus', not Lin-us or Lie-nus. Therefore if the kernel was named after him, it would have been pronounced Lee-nux. As the various groups went back and forth with the pronunciations of Linux, Linus created a .au file (Ogg had not been developed yet) and put it in the kernel sources. You can listen to that audio file, converted to .ogg, at the Wikipedia site. Seemingly one of the vast numbers of people could say Lee-nux even with the audio file, so most either called it Lin-nux or Lie-nux. After a while Linus said I do not care what you call it as long as you use it. and things settled down for a while. One day, after Linus had moved to California and was working for Transmeta, I phoned him, and he answered the phone Lye-nus. I said Lea-nus that is not even your name. He said 'I know, but nobody in California can say Lea-nus, so I am Lye-nus'. And so it goes. While it is nice that everyone pronounce the name correctly, the most important thing is that they use your project, including being able to find it using a search engine. Warmest regards, maddog (all lower case, one word) I concede that you're right about Linus and Linux. The fact remains for phoenux would still hold since it's pronounced with the same long e sound as in Linus' name. So fee-nəks (or fee-nux) and not phon-ugs. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
I concede that you're right about Linus and Linux. The fact remains for phoenux would still hold since it's pronounced with the same long e sound as in Linus' name. So fee-nəks (or fee-nux) and not phon-ugs. I think the group should be more concerned about the ugs part, since the word ugh in American slang: Ugh Ugh ([oo^]), interj. An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder. [1913 Webster] md ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
Hi I think the group should be more concerned about the ugs part, Absolutely, ugh. And the eee also sounds alarming to me. I hear eeek-yuck! :-) I feel sort of idiot trying to emphasize how important I think this is. But I do. Here I go again. It's the first impression. All the connotations that bubble up with the name, define, in a split second, just how much attention people are going to give it. And all those split seconds together could make the difference between a thriving userbase or a bunch of hardcore hobbyists. Both are great goals ofcourse. But if you want to change the world fundamentally, take the branding seriously all the way. Learning from Apple ? $2c, *-pike ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?
Am 11.06.2012 um 22:57 schrieb Jon maddog Hall: After a while Linus said I do not care what you call it as long as you use it. and things settled down for a while. I didnt know that yet. We should do the same with the Openphoenux :) Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
