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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