[nukeop]

Name collision with a popular usb image writer.

[jtanza]

Surprisingly, I somehow failed to notice this until yesterday. If it becomes an issue, I am not in any way attached to the name - i'd be happy to change it.

[nerdywordy]

I for one really like the name and URL and don't mind the name collision.

It's something that is bound to happen. There are a finite number of words, names, and spellings to make use of.

[Nexxxeh]

Not really, because it doesn't need to be a real word or an existing name. It could be Rexfus, for example. Even the dot com is available, and as a combination of Rex and Rufus, still dog inspired.

[nameSpaceWaste]

Rexfus is great!

It receives RSS Feeds, so:

  Rexfus => Receives for us.
  Rexfus => Rx       F   Us
  Rexfus => Rex      Fus
  Rexfus => Rexfus

[oliv__]

That's way harder to pronounce.

[nmg]

Just adjectify it. https://www.whois.com/whois/rufus.ly

[O_H_E]

Better now than later, because the other one is pretty famous open source cross tool.

BTW: what does that name mean?

[jtanza]

That was me trying to be clever choosing a quintessential dog name, as the application "fetches" the paper (rss feeds) for you :D . I was playing around with the name Rover and a few others for a while as well, but went with Rufus for the cheap .news TLD

[Nexxxeh]

Rexfus, a combination of Rex and Rufus, is available (including the dot com) and would be easy to SEO.

[wingerlang]

Are these names somehow related to each other? Our childhood dogs (RIP) were Rex and Rufus.

[nameSpaceWaste]

I agree with Nexxxeh; Rexfus is a good choice.

  Rexfus => Receives for us.
  Rexfus => Rx       F   Us
  Rexfus => Rex      Fus
  Rexfus => Rexfus

(Same as comment above -- re-commenting here in lieu of a PM)

[nerdponx]

Maybe call it "Rufus News" or something? You get to keep the fun dog name that way.

[nukeop]

I don't think it's an issue, but it'll be harder for your tool to be at the top of search engine results, so some rebranding might be beneficial for your visibility.

[aklemm]

Try "Fido"?

[teddyh]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet