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All of the examples you gave are either real words or composites of real words, making them 10-100x more memorable and brandable than “Kdenlive.”

I agree that expectations should be different for FOSS, but the bar is literally at “pick one or two short + commonly used words and mush them together”…

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You're right, but I don't think memorability and brandability are universal priorities that F/LOSS projects must also be measured from. Sure they can go for that (and many do), but it's unfair to hold them to that very specific standard.

I'm reminded of Debian Linux and its origins (the combination of names of the OS author and his partner). Ended up being pretty memorable, and brand-wise it works. And yet the motivations behind Debian's naming were unusually human for a software world full of empty buzznames.

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