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Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

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Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

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Post by JimmyAustin »

Mithaldu wrote: post #157
everfree wrote: post #147

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Just curious: Are you running on a Raspberry Pi or other machine with constrained resources? 130MB is less than 4% of the memory in most modern computers, and less than 10% of most mid-range phones.

Just to be nice i'll assume you ask earnestly and answer earnestly: I have 16 GB of RAM. However i also always have more than one app running at any given time. In fact, my system usually has 200+ things running. I also don't mind if things use a lot of memory if: They either use it to give me a lot of bang for my buck, or are not long-running processes. Felony ticks neither of these boxes. Also do keep in mind that…

I'm not sure that the doubling guess is going to be accurate. The majority of that 130MB is going to be in the overhead of keeping a seperate copy of Chromium in memory, not in the implementation of current features.

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Post by mortenjorck »

x1798DE wrote: post #192
henryboldi wrote: post #37

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Wow, I like this a lot!

I would consider naming it something other than a common English phrase, honestly. I know it's the big trend these days, but it's making things incredibly hard to search for. Try searching for the messaging service "matrix" and the matrix client "vector". Insane amount of namespace collision there. Best to go with something like Freechain or something so at least people can search for it.

"Freechain" is great. It passes the cognate test (sounds like "keychain," which it is), and the "free" part gives it the multiple meanings of both FOSS and freedom from surveillance. Euphony is pretty high, and it looks fairly low-noise on Google, too.

Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

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Post by j1vms »

I understand other posters' concerns about the name, but I have to admit it evokes almost the same level of wry wit of Linus, when he christened 'git'.

In fact, the reception this name is getting is quite ironic. Just think about it, and you might just burst out laughing.

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Post by tommis »

cdnsteve wrote: post #16
henryboldi wrote: post #2

Hi I'm Henry, the creator of Felony I’ve had a passion for politics, history, and programming since the age of 12 growing up in a suburb of Chicago. During my freshman year, I developed an interest in software. A couple of apps and hackathons (programming competitions) later, I was working on my own startups when I made the leap to drop out of high school to become a software engineer at a venture-backed tech startup…

This looks like an interesting project but has a poor name choice. If it's targeted at non technical users, it may actually prevent them from using it, out of fear that just using it is illegal.

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Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

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Post by userbinator »

cdnsteve wrote: post #16
henryboldi wrote: post #2

Hi I'm Henry, the creator of Felony I’ve had a passion for politics, history, and programming since the age of 12 growing up in a suburb of Chicago. During my freshman year, I developed an interest in software. A couple of apps and hackathons (programming competitions) later, I was working on my own startups when I made the leap to drop out of high school to become a software engineer at a venture-backed tech startup…

This looks like an interesting project but has a poor name choice. If it's targeted at non technical users, it may actually prevent them from using it, out of fear that just using it is illegal.

Meanwhile, a large percentage of the population is quite happy to play a game named Grand Theft Auto...

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Post by michaelmior »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #19
masklinn wrote: post #15

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Github's index page (TFA) shows the readme below the files listing.

But the direct link to the README.md file is ‘better’.

Personally I prefer a link to the repository instead of the README. I like to scan the project structure as I scroll down to the README and it also gives me a chance to see how active the project is since GH shows when each file/folder was lost modified.

Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

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Post by danso »

userbinator wrote: post #205
cdnsteve wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This looks like an interesting project but has a poor name choice. If it's targeted at non technical users, it may actually prevent them from using it, out of fear that just using it is illegal.

Meanwhile, a large percentage of the population is quite happy to play a game named Grand Theft Auto...

But that's a video game that purports to celebrate grand theft auto (among other lawlessness). Is the OP's purpose to simulate the commission of a felony? Because those who believe in encryption for everyone believe that encrypted chat should not be a felony.

Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

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Post by e12e »

mortenjorck wrote: post #202
x1798DE wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would consider naming it something other than a common English phrase, honestly. I know it's the big trend these days, but it's making things incredibly hard to search for. Try searching for the messaging service "matrix" and the matrix client "vector". Insane amount of namespace collision there. Best to go with something like Freechain or something so at least people can search for it.

"Freechain" is great. It passes the cognate test (sounds like "keychain," which it is), and the "free" part gives it the multiple meanings of both FOSS and freedom from surveillance. Euphony is pretty high, and it looks fairly low-noise on Google, too.

And chain even retains some connotations to "felon" ... ;-)

Seriously, though, "freechain" strikes a nice balance between being a new term, and hinting at what the use-case is.

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