From: <and...@gm...> - 2008-08-20 18:39:58
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on Linux? Make Music, Stupid! Lots of Music Mastering Stuff Lol! My Mom Sings :P On 8/20/08, Paul Giblock <dr...@gm...> wrote: > Yes. This is a question that pops up every month or so. Usually something > like: > > "Why 'Linux' if it has a Windows port?" (You can download the Windows > beta from our website by the way). The reason is because it was > originally made for Linux. Also, I don't mind if "Linux" stays in the > title because it is our legacy. > > Secondly, "Why 'MultiMedia', if it is only music/sound?" Well, the > reason for this is beyond me. I think it was just a poor translation > on Toby's part (he is German). > > However, Now LMMS is fairly well known. Searching for LMMS brings up > our page, and we have so much "LMMS" stuff in the code, that a full > name change is too much of an issue. > > Therefore the abbreviation "LMMS" is here for good, like it or not. > However, if you can make LMMS stand for something more accurate, Toby > and I will gladly consider your recommendation. For example "LMMS Make > Marvelous Sounds" or "Linux Multitrack Music Studio" are fairly poor > examples of what I mean. > > -Paul > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Ray Rashif <sch...@gm...> wrote: >> Yeah there was a similar question, or rather comment, a while ago (in the >> IRC channel maybe?). Frankly I don't see why there needs to be a name >> change. Naming something with a "GNU" in it doesn't make it more >> platform-agnostic; it'd still have the GNU smell to it which some people >> would rather avoid (like those that bitch about KDE's naming scheme). >> >> Every kind of software has its own (funny) name. The decision to release a >> win32 port should be more of a bonus rather than a priority. I guess that >> is >> why people are bothered by the "Linux" in LMMS. >> >> One very good example for us is LinuxSampler. Why? Because it's also >> cross-platform despite the name. Don't know about Toby/Paul and the team's >> stance on this, though. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> LMMS-devel mailing list >> LMM...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > LMMS-devel mailing list > LMM...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel > -- -Andrew Kelley |