[fedora-india] Announcing loki-0.11 release

Ashwin ashwin.lists at gmail.com
Tue Jun 29 14:52:45 UTC 2010


On Tuesday 29 June 2010 05:41 PM, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 17:29 +0530, steve wrote:
>> Hey Ankur,
>>
>> Just a heads up, I remembered seeing the name in relation to linux software
>> somewhere and did a quick google. Seems like there was a company named loki
>> which used to distribute linux games. Although the company no longer exists, the
>> software released by the company does[1]. Besides this there is also a C++
>> library with the same name and also a character named loki by Marvel Comics[2]
>> (ie: existing name in related application domain). So, it might be a good idea
>> to rename your application in the chance that your app. becomes wildly popular :).
>>
>> cheers,
>> - steve
>>
>> [1] http://www.liflg.org/?catid=3
>> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki_%28disambiguation%29
>>
>
> hey,
>
> Yeah, someone already suggested I change the name, and I thought it
> wouldn't be needed. Anyway, since you're the second person to point this
> out, I think I'd better rename it (more people might suggest the same
> thing later).
>
> Ideas please list members?
>
> Why I had chosen "Loki" : He was a Norse God who is well known as a
> prankster. He loved to make jokes etc. The app tells you about comics
> such as xkcd which are also centred around humour.
>
> I'd love to hear suggestions from you folks.
>

tenali

with Regards,
ASHWIN


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