Saucy Salamander

[PaulW2U]

So Kubuntu 13.10 will have the codename Saucy Salamander.

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1252

[whatthefunk]

Personally, I think Ubuntu could do without the cutesy animal names.

What happens after Z

[PaulW2U]

Personally, I think Ubuntu could do without the cutesy animal names.

I guess it's now a tradition that's very much a part of Ubuntu now.

What happens after Z

I don't know but I suspect there has already been a lot of thought about the naming of the 'T' release.

[oshunluvr]

Saucy? Stupid.

How about Salacious? Sycophantic?

Ah, I have it: Sequestration Salamander

[dibl]

I don't know but I suspect there has already been a lot of thought about the naming of the 'T' release.

What -- you think they'll have a problem with Titillating Titmouse?

[ATHoneycutt]

I think they might just stick with the release number 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 14.10 ... I like the names but I just think that companies are thrown off with the weird names.

[bsniadajewski]

Ubuntu could just have the codenames apply to only the LTS releases. That may only delay the inevitable, but would give them freedom to do whatever they want with the interim releases (make it rolling, devel branch, or status quo). in the repo they can refer to the releases as the numbers instead of the adjectival part of the codename, as well.

[sithlord48]

worst name ever!

[dmeyer]

I think they might just stick with the release number 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 14.10 ... I like the names but I just think that companies are thrown off with the weird names.

They are just iinternal development codenames. Heck, most software companies give their in development products quite ridiculous names. Screw it, some majot software projects have terrible names like MariaDB, PostgreSql etc. These are major software projects! Java is so silly but overtime we have just become comfortable with it.

[ATHoneycutt]

They are just iinternal development codenames. Heck, most software companies give their in development products quite ridiculous names. Screw it, some majot software projects have terrible names like MariaDB, PostgreSql etc. These are major software projects! Java is so silly but overtime we have just become comfortable with it.

That is true like Windows Vista's codename was Longhorn.

[SteveRiley]

That is true like Windows Vista's codename was Longhorn.

Longhorn is the name of the bar situated between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains. Visitors who wish to get from one mountain to the other must pass through the bar.

At the time, "Longhorn" was intended to be a short-term interim release between "Whistler" (Windows XP) and "Blackcomb" (the next major release). But priorities change, including the infamous reset. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...opment_history

[SteveRiley]

So I just noticed this bit in SBDFL's blog post:

You’ll find salamanders swimming in clear, clean upstreams – which is exactly what’s forming around Ubuntu’s mobile ecosystem. It’s a way of saying ‘thank you’ to the tremendous community that has joined the effort to create a single unified experience from phone to PC

"Swimming in upstream" means swimming against the current. LMAO. Just an accident, perhaps? Or is this a subtle acknowledgement of a popular criticism -- that Canonical doesn't really bother contributing much back to the larger Linux ecosystem?

[dibl]

When I was a kid, visiting my grandfather's farm in southern Ohio, salamanders were found under rocks in slimy slow-running creeks.Just saying' ....

[Teunis]

Or as I heard somewhere, only dead Salmon go with the flow.

I have absolutely no problem what so ever with this name, funny and light hearted it is.