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Ubuntu 9.04 gets a codename: Jaunty Jackalope
by Brad Linder Sep 9th 2008 at 10:00AM
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced a codename for Ubuntu 9.04, the version of the Linux distribution slated for an April 2009 release. And that name is Jaunty Jackalope. No, seriously.Each version of Ubunty has come with an alliterative codename where the first word is an adjective and the second is an animal. Or in this case a mythical animal. Ubuntu 8.04 is known as Hardy Heron. 8.10 will be called Intrepid Ibex. And even though the codenames aren't supposed to have much meaning once the product is officially launched, many people sitll think of Ubuntu 7.10 as Gutsy Gibbon and 7.04 as Feisty Fawn.
The Ubuntu team will focus on Jaunty from November through April and will hold a meeting with developers in Mountain View, California from December 8th through the 12th to finalize the plans for the new OS. Some goals already laid out are an improved boot time, and the continued blurring of desktop and web applications.
[via Ars Technica]
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Todd said 10:10AM on 9-09-2008
I saw a Jackalope once, way out in the middle of nowhere Texas. It stabbed me in teh ankle with its antlers then ran off.
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iampriteshdesai said 11:38AM on 9-09-2008
What stupid name!
I was hoping for Jolly Jackal!
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bradwjensen said 1:31PM on 9-09-2008
Haha, Jolly Jackal is a good one.
I think there will be some interesting wallpaper art to come out of this "Jackalope".. :P
Dan said 6:20PM on 9-09-2008
At least it's better then Interpid Ibex...
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Pierce said 9:20PM on 9-09-2008
Kicking Kangaroo is no doubt next in line.
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Mysterius said 1:15AM on 9-10-2008
Sounds killer!
whiskey said 2:31PM on 9-10-2008
I name them as i find fit though...
AA - Amicable Asp
BB - Bounty Bear
CC - Chatty Cat
DD - Daffy Duck (trademark issues!)
EE - Ecumenical Elephant
FF - Flying Frog
GG - Giggling Giraffe
HH - Hungry Hippo (trademark issues?)
II - Imperialistic Iguana
JJ - Joking Jackal
KK - Kooky Koala (trademark issues!)
LL - Lovely Llama
MM - Melting Monkey
NN - Narrative Narwhal
OO - Optimistic Ocelot
PP - Powerful Penguin (FTW!), but they might go with Political Parrot
QQ - Quirky Quail
RR - Rapping Raccoon
SS - Singing Spider
TT - Topless Tuna
UU - Ubiquitous Unicorn
VV - Voiding Viper
WW - Wandering Whale
XX - Xilophonic Xerus (the hardest one)
ZZ - Zany Zebu.
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