Kandalf: request for review

Loren Burkholder computersemiexpert at outlook.com
Fri Dec 8 13:01:15 GMT 2023


On Thursday, December 7, 2023 3:19:03 PM EST you wrote:
> This isn't going to be very useful, but I'm sure I'm not the only one
> who has heard of the story that the Tolkien Estate wasn't too happy
> with our original kandalf. Consequently I'm not sure we should
> actually name this thing kandalf. But then I wasn't around back then
> so I don't know if there is any truth to it or if it's just an urban
> legend. Regardless it's confusing to recycle the name for something
> entirely different and I'd reconsider the name here. Food for thought.

Thank you for bringing this up. I chose the name Kandalf as more or less a temporary name. My reasoning went something like this: "Most AI chatbots have a human-sounding name; Kandalf is not in use and would make a fine name. I can't think of anything better myself, and I don't want to reuse Konqui, so I'll go with Kandalf."

If you have suggestions for names, please leave them below.

> On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 7:10 PM Loren Burkholder
> <computersemiexpert at outlook.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I've been working towards getting Kandalf ready for integration into KDE (and I'd like to thank everyone who has pitched in to help me, mainly Laurent and redstrate). At this point, while the app is not necessarily feature-complete or fully polished, it's getting close to that point. Therefore, I'd like to officially request a review of Kandalf for inclusion in the KDE apps.
> >
> > You can reach me on Matrix at @lorendb:nheko.im for more instant communications.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Loren Burkholder
> 

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