Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope
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Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope
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Re: Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope
#2I had to read this twice before I realized it wasn't a joke.
Re: Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope
#3Jumpin' Jehosaphat!
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Re: Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope
#5Fantastic operating system, horrible release name conventions.
Re: Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope
#6Oh, for crying out loud.
I respect Mark Shuttleworth for putting his money where his mouth is; desktop Linux has come on leaps and bounds in the past few years and it's thanks in no small part to Canonical.
But you can't compare yourself to MS and Apple and, in the same breath, name your new OS "Jaunty Jackalope". What is this, one of those Words and Pictures videos they show to primary school children?! If it was an actual release codename, fair enough, but unlike other software these names seem to stick. What's wrong with "Ubuntu 9.04" or even "Ubuntu, Spring 2009"?
(I'm using, erm, Hardy.)
Re: Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope
#7Oh, for crying out loud. I respect Mark Shuttleworth for putting his money where his mouth is; desktop Linux has come on leaps and bounds in the past few years and it's thanks in no small part to Canonical. But you can't compare yourself to MS and Apple and, in the same breath, name your new OS "Jaunty Jackalope". What is this, one of those Words and Pictures videos they show to primary school children?! If it was an…
They do seem to stick, but . . . am I the only one finding it increasingly difficult to remember what the names are and which release they represent. This is true of OS X, too. I use Ubuntu 8.04 and OS X 10.4. I have to stop and think what the "codenames" for those are.
Maybe it's just premature (?) senility.
Re: Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope
#8Oh... Come on. It´s April´s release.
I am all in for some light-hearted names.
And, while we are at it, why would anyone take seriously a computer company named after a fruit that was incorporated on April 1st?
The lesson here is that you _can_ get creative with names.
Re: Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope
#9Anyone have numbers on the Ubuntu install base and if it's steadily growing?
Re: Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope
#10What happens when they get past Z? I for one am looking forward to that release