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Post #2564200

2025-12-17 14:25 UTC

And this really exposes a major challenge with FOSS. Names have *meaning* - it's why Office is called Office. This gnu naming isn't much of an issue, because this is stuff only technical folks handle. But if we want end-users to embrace things, we need meaningful names - meaningful to *them*. Whenever I tell my friends or family to install Jellyfin so they can access my media, the look on their face says it all. MediaMonkey - alright, I get it (yea, not FOSS) Plex? OK, if someone then says "think MultiPlex Theaters", you get it. (Also not FOSS) Jellyfin? What is that? Jam on a sharkfin? These work really well: Resilio SYNC (Yeah, not FOSS, but the name makes sense) SyncThing (FOSS) FolderSync (not FOSS) Notice a trend here? I have a *printed* spreadsheet for all the software I use - if I haven't touched a service for a couple months, I'll forget the meaningless name.

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  • @BlueKey@fedia.io 2025-12-17 14:41

    Counterarguments: - Chrome - Edge - Sky - Adobe Acrobat - Outlook All wellknown programs or services where the name has no relation to the purpose.

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