- it is short
- similar to nix
- is short for "auxiliary" which can be used to mean "another", "additional", "secondary", "separate"; so it being a separate nix ecosystem lines up

[–] nairou@mastodon.gamedev.place 4 points 6 months ago

@jakehamilton @onlinepersona @recursive_recursion By contrast, I'm a big fan of the name, it seems very fitting.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago

Doesn't have to be bikeshedding. It's 2 steps:

collect proposals
vote on proposals

But it's your baby, do what you like.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] natecox@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The SEO on this name is going to be a major irritation for adoption.

But that aside, doesn’t it strike you as a concerning that this project is born at least in part from the complaints about a “benevolent dictator”, and the very first time—at least that I’ve seen—someone asks you to put something up for community consensus you say no?

[–] jakehamilton@hachyderm.io 2 points 6 months ago

@natecox for much the same reasoning

https://forum.aux.computer/t/forge-software-host/160/51?u=jakehamilton

[–] danmac@aus.social -1 points 6 months ago

@natecox @jakehamilton *sealion noises*

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Naux

There, fits all your criteria, is even closer to Nix and appears to have fewer SEO issues as far as I can tell.

And as a cherry on top: “Naux is a medication that combines diphenhydramine and 8-chlorotheophylline to prevent and treat nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and motion sickness.“ 😄