The funniest/strangest open source names

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Not only opensource projects usually have good quality and originality, but sometimes, they also have funny names or sometimes the teams come up with names in the most strangest ways.
So I propose a contest to find out which one has the most funny or strange name of all.
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Tags: opensource software applications, strange, technology


 
       
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The Gimp

Leader! Most 1st Place Votes
THE wrong choice of name for a drawing program

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15  votes
2.  

Ogg Vorbis

I hate it. I hate it just because it has such a bad name.

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11  votes
3.  

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. It is developed ... [show more]

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5  votes
4.  

GNU

The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete UNIX-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system. Vari... [show more]

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5  votes
5.  

Apache HTTP Server

Eight programmers with an interest in doing more with a common software application -- the NCSA Web server that had originally bee... [show more]

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4  votes
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SourceKibitzer.org

Kib-itz-er - 1. A person who looking on offers unrequested criticism; one who kibitzes. 2. A giver of uninvited advice.... [show more]

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4  votes
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Gambas

Open software clone to Microsoft's Visual Basic

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4  votes
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Debian

Debian was begun in August 1993 by Ian Murdock, as a new distribution which would be made openly, in the spirit of Linux and GNU. ... [show more]

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2  votes
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UIRA

UIRA (UIRA Isn't a Recursive Acronym) is the new name of a former existing project Flash4Linux. The team changed the name for se... [show more]

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2  votes
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Kororaa

The name is an alternate spelling for the Maori word, "korora" - the Little Penguin. Linus Torvalds, the original creator of Linu... [show more]

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2  votes
11.  

Vi

Vi is an editor

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1  votes
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Gentoo

A Gentoo is a species of a small, fast penguin, pronounced "gen-too" (the "g" in "Gentoo" is a soft "g", as in "gentle"). The scie... [show more]

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1  votes
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PHP

PHP succeeds an older product, named PHP/FI. PHP/FI, which stood for Personal Home Page / Forms Interpreter, included some of the ... [show more]

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1  votes
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Linux

Linus Torvalds originally used the Minix OS on his system which he replaced with the Linux OS. He first named it Freax (a combinat... [show more]

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This topic was started by rofranco rofranco has 65 Grupie Points on December 13th, 2006. 32 grupies have voted on one or more of the 14 answers.

Tags: opensource software applications, strange, technology

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