Ubuntu 9 Is Jaunty Jackalope, Coming Next April 318
mr_3ntropy writes "Ars is reporting Mark Shuttleworth announced today that Ubuntu 9.04 will be called Jaunty Jackalope, to be released next April. It will focus on improving boot times and the convergence of desktop and web.
The 8.10 release, Intrepid Ibex, is coming next month with GNOME 2.24 and will include better support for subnotebooks."
Re:Then what is "Intrepid?" (Score:2, Funny)
I agree.. but... (Score:3, Funny)
Hard for new people to take it seriously as an OS when the naming scheme is that out there.
Stick to product numbers, futuristic ones are the best. For example: Ubuntu 2000. Fucking genius hitech name for the future. Have that name for free. I'm too busy trademarking "hurricane computing".
Re:Jackalope? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"M" is for Moronic (Score:2, Funny)
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Guessing the new name is fun... (Score:4, Funny)
Oh well, trying to guess the new name is making waiting for each update more fun. Maybe Microsoft should try using names. I guess they could try to be different and start with Zoosporangium Zebra and work backwards.
Re:I agree.. but... (Score:4, Funny)
Stick to product numbers, futuristic ones are the best. For example: Ubuntu 2000. Fucking genius hitech name for the future.
Hate to tell you this, but 2000 isn't the future anymore. We just got body cavity searches to buy a cup of coffee instead of jetpacks.
What I want to know is (Score:4, Funny)
...what the hell are they going to do after 26 releases?
As far as I know, there's only three animals that start with "aa", and no adjectives. Unless they're going to roll over to just "a" again, which would be lame (but more practical).
Moving on to imaginary creatures now? (Score:2, Funny)
The translation of this name (Score:5, Funny)
In the PyWeek IRC room, one person found the translation for this name:
"I'm so rich I've gone to space so I can name this whatever the fuck I feel like."
Re:Why is this important? (Score:4, Funny)
Because Ubuntu Christian Edition damned them off Distrowatch?
What about Ubuntu 10.10 (Score:1, Funny)
Will Ubuntu 10.10 be called Mastubrating Monkey? [hardforum.com]
Re:What I want to know is (Score:5, Funny)
...what the hell are they going to do after 26 releases?
I lay awake in bed at night wondering the same thing, cold sweat running down my face as I count down the seconds until the release of Ubuntu 17.10. Then I consider that the world is becoming increasingly unstable and fractured and I realise that there's a good chance the human race will destroy itself in a fiery hellstorm of nuclear war long before then. With this thought comes overwhelming relief and I cry myself to sleep with tears of joy that I will never have to face the terrible reality of knowing what comes after Zesty Zebra.
Re:What happened to "I"? (Score:5, Funny)
If you'd bravely soldiered on to the third sentence of the summary (don't strain yourself now, remember to take a 5 minute break in between sentences), you would have found out!
Re:What about Ubuntu 10.10 (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Guessing the new name is fun... (Score:3, Funny)
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Ubuntu's marketing department (Score:5, Funny)
must have nixed "Jaunty Jackass". :(
Re:Guessing the new name is fun... (Score:3, Funny)
I guess they could try to be different and start with Zoosporangium Zebra and work backwards.
How is that different? Seems like Microsoft has been working backwards for quite some time now.
Re:What I want to know is (Score:5, Funny)
Nuclear war? We're all gonna die tomorrow when we get turned to strangelets by the LHC. I've withdrawn all my savings and will be blowing the lot on hookers and cocaine tonight. That's what I do every Tuesday and I won't let the end of the world spoil my fun!
Re:What I want to know is (Score:5, Funny)
[ucking [ruitbats
Thanks Slashdot! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Jackalope? (Score:3, Funny)
You would prefer Jabberwock, perhaps?
Re:Guessing the new name is fun... (Score:3, Funny)
Not to worry, my OCR can't handle some of my handwriting either.
Re:Guessing the new name is fun... (Score:5, Funny)
Not sure about "Intrepid $animal". As for Jaunty Jackalope?, what a name ... I was hoping for a Jucy Jezabel. Oh well, at least they are going for Intrepid Ibex. My best guess was Incontinent Iguana. So what next?, Kinky Hangaroo and Lopsided Lobster?
I think the theme should go beyond just "adjective + animal starting with the same letter". There should be a theme in the adjectives, and Kinky Kangaroo should be the basis.
Kinky Kangaroo
Lecherous Lobster
Masturbating Mongoose
Naughty Naked Mole Rat
Orgasmic Orangutan
Penetrating Porpoise
Queer Quail
Randy Rabbit
And so on. Now doesn't that kind of thematic continuity speak to quality and professionalism? People say the Ubuntu names are holding it back because they sound childish and nobody outside us geeks could recognize them. But when you say "I have Naughty Naked Mole Rat on my laptop!", people will instantly know that's the follow-on to the successful Masturbating Mongoose.
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Re:Jackalope? (Score:5, Funny)
Liar. Python doesn't do references. Use a list.
Re:I can't wait (Score:3, Funny)
Ubuntu Jack Bauer
If Jack Bauer says his name begins with the letter X, you better agree with him.
Better J names (Score:3, Funny)
1. Jumping Joey
2. Jaded Jackal
3. Justice Jaguar
Re:What about Ubuntu 10.10 (Score:4, Funny)
Give him a break, he was typing with one hand.
Re:Jackalope? (Score:4, Funny)
Sassy Sasquatch?
Cheeky Chucacabra?
Moody Manbearpig?
Re:Why is this important? (Score:2, Funny)
Then way is "Ubuntu Satanic edition" Banned from Distrowatch? http://ubuntusatanic.org/news/ [ubuntusatanic.org]
... because they didn't name it Saucy Satan, Satanic Sloth, Slutty Salamander or any other fitting name, maybe?
Re:What I want to know is (Score:1, Funny)
oh noes! the y2k10 bug!
probably not 0.04 or 2010.04.
I'd expect 10.04
Re:I agree.. but... (Score:5, Funny)
Hate to tell you this, but 2000 isn't the future anymore. We just got body cavity searches to buy a cup of coffee instead of jetpacks.
That would be Ubuntu 1984.
Re:Why is this important? (Score:2, Funny)
Probably. I don't remember.
Re:What I want to know is (Score:2, Funny)
Darn, when is ManBearPig coming? (Score:3, Funny)
I want to see Al Gore get involved. How about a ManBearPig release?
Re:What I want to know is (Score:3, Funny)
Anal Ass
you mean, Difficult Donkey?
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Re:Thanks Slashdot! (Score:1, Funny)
Oh yeah, well I heard they announced a release for 04/3009 too. What version number is that going to be, smarty pants?
Don't confuse change with progress (Score:3, Funny)
It has been said that the cave geek who invented the wheel made it square. Then another cave geek improved it, making it triangular: one less bump per turn.
Repeat after me: not every change is for the better.