Comments on: Ubuntu Codenames http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/ Linux. GNU. Freedom. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6-beta3-24432 By: OfNoNation http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-111117 OfNoNation Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:23:02 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-111117 I think the code-names are pointless and quite confusing… especially when the release number it omitted. Why do we want this romantic little cuddly bunny rabbit association with a computer operating system? Using release numbers gives an almost instant impression of how long ago the version in question was published. I forget the names really easily, but not the numbers. I’m using 10.04 now but I’d have to think a while to remember the name it was given. I know that the last Ubuntu I installed was 9.04 which was obviously two releases ago and was issued a year before the current one. Also, how long will it b b4 th names r abbreviated in the ridiculously lazy way of typing on the internet that is becoming the norm?… Brzy Bgr, Fsty Fwn,…
Is it a kind of tribal, clubby thing where people are ashamed not to know the latest meaningless slang name for something, even when that name is a word used totally out of the context of it’s true meaning?
Am I just being totally unromantic? Call me a Boring Baboon, a Grumpy Goat, or a Sad Slug.

]]> By: Guiritan Domsz http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109993 Guiritan Domsz Tue, 19 May 2009 09:41:46 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109993 i love ubuntu CodeNames their were alphabetically
paired-up as version releases. i wish that they add
some Philippine animals as the candidate for next
releases…

:) thanks guys

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109763 Aaron Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:04:13 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109763 I think it’s good. Just like all the previous names, it’ll take some time getting used to. If you read the email, it’s well written support the Koala, and the reason he chose it.

]]> By: Tom Brinks http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109760 Tom Brinks Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:39:44 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109760 https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-February/000536.html

]]> By: Tom Brinks http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109759 Tom Brinks Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:36:57 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109759 I like code names, but you make a great point.

]]> By: Jeff http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109758 Jeff Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:41:28 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109758 Thoughts on the future? Karmic Koala?!

]]> By: BrettA http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109668 BrettA Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:27:14 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109668 More over, Ubuntu needs to start branding their versions as “8.10″ or “6.06″; who can sit at a computer and immediately tell me that you’re booting 6.06 or 8.10 without knowing it from experience?

You can use (a) the terminal or (b) System > About Ubuntu to find the answer. There is no way for the casual user to know what system they’re on unless they know from experience or from some one telling them previously.

I propose showing the version number in the boot up and boot down sequence and in GDM/KDM.

What do you think?

]]> By: Peng’s links for Thursday, 12 February « I’m Just an Avatar http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109664 Peng’s links for Thursday, 12 February « I’m Just an Avatar Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:34:53 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109664 [...] Toponce: Ubuntu Codenames. Aaron makes an important point about our love of referring to versions of Ubuntu by their [...]

]]> By: JD Evora http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109656 JD Evora Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:18:54 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109656 Sorry, I can only remember the current code name, I know that I’m using Ubuntu since 5.10, I don’t have a clue about its code name.
Cheers

]]> By: JD Evora http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109655 JD Evora Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:15:37 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109655 I’m 100% with you.

Specially in the sources file, EVERY time that I have to take a look to a machine that doesn’t has the latest version I have to Google the code name for get a picture about what should I do with it.

Cheers
JD

PS: Actually I recently discovered lsb_release -a makes my live easier ;-)

]]> By: Wolfger http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109651 Wolfger Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:47:06 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109651 I think you’re 100% (or at least 90%) wrong. Code names are far more memorable than version numbers. Which is why people remember and (in my experience, at least) use them. I don’t know anybody who say’s “I’ve been running Ubuntu since 7.04″, but a good number of folks who say “I’ve been running Ubuntu since Feisty.” Likewise, nobody even knows or cares which version number of Windows is called Vista. They just call it Vista. Quick… what is the current version of the Macintosh OS? Any Mac-head will tell you it’s Leopard, or OS X Leopard. What version number is that? Does anybody care? No.

Are the Ubuntu codenames too cutesy? Possibly. Probably. But if that’s the issue, then we just need to change the naming scheme. Dumping the use of codenames is NOT the way to go.

P.S. the issues I used to have with posting a comment here still exist. Would be nice if that could get fixed eventually.

]]> By: David http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109649 David Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:26:46 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109649 Cheetah, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard. (the only one I actually had to look up was Panther, and I don’t even own a mac… Maybe I’ve been watching those keynotes too much) I see your point though. It’s much easier to remember the codename of the current version or the previous, but not necessarily ones before that. Maybe it’s more of an issue with Ubuntu, since you have a lot more versions supported at any given time, while with OSX, you usually have at most two.

A warthog is a type of pig (related to boars), while a hedgehog is in its own family (Erinaceinae). Badgers are in the same family as weasels, otters and ferrets.

]]> By: David A http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109647 David A Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:37:06 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109647 English is not my first language. I have to consult wikipedia to build a mental picture of the code names. I guess sometimes native english-speaking people that are not literature-professors have to too.

But then, when you have a picture, the Heron has a certain charm.

I do remember the first Ubuntu I tried was 6.06. I do not remember its code name. I do not directly remember when, but I can accurately deduce what year it must have been.

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109644 Aaron Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:53:39 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109644 Mark has made the version numbers with Ubuntu easy though. Who knows when OpenOfice.org 3 came out, but who knows when Ubuntu 8.10 came out? I believe that was the point of his versioning syntax- he wanted people to know when the release happened, so they could have a sense of perspective on the distribution.

Again, I’m not suggesting scrapping the codenames, just that the community will use the version numbers more. That’s all, really.

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/02/08/ubuntu-codenames/#comment-109643 Aaron Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:51:27 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=941#comment-109643 The point of the post is recalling when the release happened, not what. Didn’t I make this clear? I thought I did.

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