Leaflet@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoIntroducing Our New Name | Minetest rebrands to Luantiblog.minetest.netexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down15cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlopensourcegames@lemmy.mljeuxvideo@jlai.luminetest@lemmy.mllinux_gaming@lemmy.worldlinux_gaming@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1453arrow-down1external-linkIntroducing Our New Name | Minetest rebrands to Luantiblog.minetest.netLeaflet@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square93fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlopensourcegames@lemmy.mljeuxvideo@jlai.luminetest@lemmy.mllinux_gaming@lemmy.worldlinux_gaming@lemmy.ml
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·9 months agoLiterally just yesterday my wife learned of Minetest’s existence and said it was a terrible name
minus-squareouch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·9 months agoJust tell her that you told them your wife didn’t like the name so they changed it.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·9 months ago“good news honey, they heard your complaint and renamed it”
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoIt IS a terrible name. But it also is an over one decade old brand. It will be hard to propagate the new name and have it as recognizable as “Minetest”.
minus-squareIcyToes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoThose in open source circles will see through places like GamingOnLinux, Lemmy, Reddit and the official IRC/Discord. Those that don’t find out probably are no where near the open source gaming community so it won’t really matter.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoIt made sense at the time…
minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·9 months agothe new name is equally terrible, at least in terms of pronunciation.
Literally just yesterday my wife learned of Minetest’s existence and said it was a terrible name
Just tell her that you told them your wife didn’t like the name so they changed it.
“good news honey, they heard your complaint and renamed it”
It IS a terrible name. But it also is an over one decade old brand.
It will be hard to propagate the new name and have it as recognizable as “Minetest”.
Those in open source circles will see through places like GamingOnLinux, Lemmy, Reddit and the official IRC/Discord. Those that don’t find out probably are no where near the open source gaming community so it won’t really matter.
It made sense at the time…
the new name is equally terrible, at least in terms of pronunciation.
Lu-aunty