I don't think that removing the 'K' sends the wrong signal.

What you need to think of is "who are we writing the software for?"

Is it for "KDE users"? Or is it for anyone? Sure, KMyMoney2 uses the KDE libraries, but don't alienate the other users. Removing a 'K' isn't saying "we don't use KDE any more" or "we don't care about KDE any more", but it does say "we are trying to be more inclusive" -- IMO.

"who are we writing the software for?" Take a look at our new splash screen.

As I said, the effort involved in changing the name is not worth it just to remove the K.
MyMoney, KMoney, are simply not great enough options compared to what we have. That's it.

I voted 'change it' on the grounds that the '2' should be dropped. However the suggestion from gegechris99 does make a lot of sense:

gegechris99 wrote:So why not change to KMyMoney4 to go along with KDE4. Later on, the tradition could continue (KMyMoney5 with KDE5).

However if you really want to move away from KMyMoney these are my favourites so far:

Kash, BanKer, Kapital from hook
inKaso from neverendingo

Other suggestions:

Kashbook or CashbooK
BanKo
RecKoner (yeah, it's rubbish, I know)

It's important to keep the 'K' connection, promoting KDE is a good thing. It was KMM that switched me onto KDE in the first place.

A bit feeback on some suggestions given so far (as names are already in use):

Kash
Kapital

New suggestion (though I still like KMyMoney):

DariK

Some history-based suggetions:

Hawala (as one of the first financial systems)

Macella or Macellum (origin of today's word "Bank")

Trapezus (place of first money-changing activity, today's name Trabzon)

Dalton (referencing the famous bank robber gang)

KFinance sounds better
Kashier
Kash
Akounts (or Akount Manager)
Akountant

Personally I like the idea of using a historical currency as the name.

I especially like...

Aksumite

Very distinctive imho. Sounds cool, has that whole k in there kind of like amarok or whatever.

I guess the downfall is no one really knows what the program would do by its name alone, but usually the name isn't the definition of what things do these days on linux. If that were the case I'd call it Personal Banking

What about short and simple Coin (not Koin, please, "K" in application names should be abolished).

Hei Ku wrote:While KMyMoney can work in a gnome environment, and many others, it thrives when used in a full KDE environment, it will do even more so with the new version. Removing the K would send a wrong signal. Keep in mind that we are slowly moving into a tighter integration with KDE. The new version is in the KDE SVN, for example.
Also, the effort to change the name is not worth it for just removing a letter.

I really strongly disagree with you on that. I understand the importance of tradition in a community as vibrant as KDE's, but it's Koverdone Kto Kthe Kpoint Kof Kbeing Kreally Kobnoxious Kto Ka Klot Kof Kusers.

I'd like to think that KDE users are smart enough to pick applications more intelligently than opening up their package manager, sorting by name, and browsing down to "K." What the superfluous K communicates to me as a user is that the application is a bog-standard program that brings nothing new to the table but K-isms. Is that what you want to communicate?

+1 for making application name a little bit more streamlined.

I really like previous suggestions:
1) Coin
2) Inkaso
3) MyMoney

"K" in name is really not needed.

KashFlow

i know there's a K again. but in general i strongly agree with Misogynist.

Eh eh, welcome on the rocky boat of finding nice names for KDE applications With each skrooge release, we have at least someone one person commenting on our strange naming

Some names come to my mind :

• Shekel, one of the first money in the world
• Pekunia, from the latin word pecunia (there seem to be a project in playground about this, but seems it's not active, and I don't know the content)
• Midas, a famous greek mythology character who was said to turn everything he touched to gold.
• Paktole, also linked to the King Midas myth. In french, pactole conveys the meaning of "endless wealth", though I'm not sure it applies to other cultures
• Bucks

I'm all in favour of a name change, even if it means loosing some of your great fame associated with KMyMoney's name... It might also be an occasion to create some buzz around it, so go for it, whichever you choose !

I made an account just to post here

This obsession with the letter K in names of applications really grates with me; I mean, of course it is your app, your choice - but can you imagine, say, Firefox, being called 'GMyWebBrowser'. The best names are cleverly (sometimes loosely) related to what you are doing (e.g. Safari) some have a bit of a hidden in joke (Plasma..), some (Firefox, thunderbird etc..) are just nonsense; but that doesn't matter. You are creating a _brand_. What you need is a name that rolls of the tongue and is recognizable.

Here are a few suggestions off the top of my head:

Treasure
TreasureTrove
Hoarder
PocketMoney
Balance
DoubleEntry (although sounds a bit pornographic..)
BottomLine


And my personal favourite:

Smaug (The dragon that guarded the treasure in The Hobbit)

I like

Coin the best

Inkaso is OK


I hate KMyMoney, some dumb currency nobody knows and everything with stupid K-bla .. we have more than enough of that already.

Take off the geek hats guys.


PS: At the GCDS there was a session or lightning talk about naming your apps. Watch that! Coin is best. If you want using C instead of K is also an inside joke, because everything in KDE is K-bla. (Remember the Caizen release.)

I like Inkaso and Kopilka.

And I earned this geek hat. Nobody is taking it away.