Next Ubuntu Linux To Be a Maverick 319
VincenzoRomano writes "While the latest version of Ubuntu is still smoking hot, the Ubuntu development community is already working on the next step. Both the wiki and the bug tracking system at Launchpad have already been set up for Maverick Meerkat, which will be version number 10.10. This confirms the usual naming and numbering schema and the fact that the final release should be due in October. This next version, which obviously won't be Long Term Support (LTS), should sport a lighter and faster environment with GNOME 3.0, a.k.a. GNOME Shell, among the main advances. Everything has been explained by Mr. Shuttleworth in his own blog since the beginning of April. The first alpha release is not due earlier than the end of June, so maybe it'd be better to take advantage of the Lucid Lynx while the technical overview of the Meerkat starts getting more details."
Great.... (Score:5, Funny)
Let's hope it comes with the 302 engine [wikipedia.org]
Should have aimed for 10/10/10 (Score:5, Funny)
I see that they're aiming for October 28. You'd think someone would have tried to aim the "Perfect 10" for a 10/10/10 release date.
Maverick Meerkat? Meh... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm waiting for Naughty Nautilus myself.
Re:Maverick Meerkat? Meh... (Score:4, Funny)
Forget those underwater invertebrates. Naughty Nymph FTW.
Ubuntu 6 month cycle (Score:3, Funny)
The 6 month iterations are plain stupidity, IMO. Hardly anyone wants to "upgrade" that often, and when it's out, we all realize that it's the same old crap in a different color.. No real usability improvements.
Awww... (Score:4, Funny)
What everyone from the UK will be asking (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ubuntu 6 month cycle (Score:5, Funny)
If you don't want to upgrade every six months then don't do it.
Just let me know if you have any other really tough problems that you need my help with.
Maverick Meerkat?!? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Awww... (Score:2, Funny)
masturbating macaw?
What's next? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Maverick Meerkat?!? (Score:5, Funny)
But that was all ready taken by OpenBSD (or given to them by Torvalds, to be more precise):
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-211239.html [zdnet.com]
Re:Should have aimed for 10/10/10 (Score:5, Funny)
A "Perfect 10" is 36-24-36, if 10-10-10 is your idea of it seek professional help ;)
Re:sorry, but Ubuntu failed hard this release (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Should have aimed for 10/10/10 (Score:2, Funny)
no no ... a perfect 10 is a 6 that swallows
Re:Should have aimed for 10/10/10 (Score:5, Funny)
Only if she's 5'3".
Re:Just out of curiosity what happens in 7 years ? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sounds good! (Score:5, Funny)
I know, I know, "'Ubuntu' is an African word meaning 'I'm too stupid for Slackware'"
Funny, I thought it was African for "I used Slackware years ago, but now I have better things to do with my time"...
Re:Maverick Meerkat? Meh... (Score:3, Funny)
Obese Owl?
Re:Gnome shell (Score:2, Funny)
GNOME Shell doesn't just require compositing (which almost all computers support - compositing works fine with the generic VESA drivers), it requires OpenGL which (effectively) means it requires accelerated 3D. Computers which don't have accelerated 3D will have to stick with metacity and the panel, I think, which will still be in GNOME 3.
And it's written mostly in javascript. If that isn't bad enough, the javascript engine used is Firefox's. (Last I heard.)
Re:Should have aimed for 10/10/10 (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Great.... (Score:3, Funny)
For a maverick, I was thinking Sarah Palin.
12.04 Promiscuous Palin?
Re:Should have aimed for 10/10/10 (Score:1, Funny)
36-24-36? Only if she's 5'3"!
Re:Should have aimed for 10/10/10 (Score:1, Funny)
What do you think of when you think perfect ten? Men's synchronised diving?
Re:shucks (Score:3, Funny)
Already used up half the (latin) alphabet.
What are they going to do after Zany Zebra?
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