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Ubuntu 8.10 gets a code name: Intrepid Ibex?
The wacky developers behind the popular Ubuntu linux distribution have chosen a code name for Ubuntu 8.10, or the version that will be released after the next version. Following the longstanding tradition of giving each new version a two word name with an adjective followed by an animal, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu 8.10 will be known as Intrepid Ibex. No, really.We admit, it's not easy to come up with good animal names starting with the letter I. But if you take a look at the list of proposed code names, we're pretty sure you could come up with a better name than that by throwing darts at your computer screen. Now, it's possible that the whole point of choosing a difficult to remember/pronounce name is to wean us off the habit of referring to Ubuntu distributions by their code names instead of their release numbers. Or maybe this is just some sort of cruel joke.
Anyway, Intrepid Ibex is scheduled for an October release, about 6 months after Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron's scheduled April launch.
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsDagurFeb 21st 2008 9:22AM
I would have called it Solid Snake
josearoldanFeb 21st 2008 10:05AM
For a codename like that you would have to wait a while since it seems they follow the alphabet since edgy, things could change anyway and that would be a sweet codename
josearoldanFeb 21st 2008 10:04AM
For a codename like that you would have to wait a while since it seems they follow the alphabet since edgy, things could change anyway and that would be a sweet codename
ToddFeb 21st 2008 10:12AM
And "Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition 2008 with Plus Pack" is better?
Big JohnFeb 21st 2008 11:37AM
That's not much better, either. The naming scheme across operating systems is pretty awkward.
Big JohnFeb 21st 2008 11:43AM
Also, it appears I gave into a troll. The closest your name gets is "Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition". The 2008/plus pack was just crap you tossed on. That's not early as bad as you made it out to be...
WilliamFeb 21st 2008 10:37AM
Irate Insect perhaps?
Aw well, too late for that.
Fingers crossed for "Jolly Jackass"!
Big JohnFeb 21st 2008 12:02PM
I find the whole naming scheme over at Ubuntu pretty silly, myself. Fiesty Fox or whatever it was, something Heron... I don't know. Maybe it's just the frequency of updates and new names? At least Apple sticks on a name for a while due to the frequency of 10.x releases.
Jonathan HarfordFeb 21st 2008 12:26PM
I prefer the zany and soulful "8.10".
AyleFeb 28th 2008 9:04PM
Intrepid Iguana or Icy Ifrit sounded so much better...
treknerdMar 13th 2008 7:57AM
hopefully they will include some great backgrounds of famous intrepids into the release :)
the perfect name.
petikejeMay 3rd 2008 11:19AM
what about incredible ideas... ?! :)