Shuttleworth: Next after Natty? [LWN.net]

No doubt everybody was anxious to know what the next Ubuntu release would be called; Mark Shuttleworth has now ended the suspense. "What we want is something imaginative, something dreamy. Something sleek and neat, too. Something that has all the precision of T S Elliot's poetry, matched with the 'effable ineffability' of our shared values, friendship and expertise. Something that captures both the competence of ubuntu-devel with the imagination of ayatana. Which leads us neatly to the Oneiric Ocelot."

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Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 14:33 UTC (Mon) by wondoman (guest, #72602) [Link] (4 responses)

Ridiculous

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 14:41 UTC (Mon) by mikachu (guest, #5333) [Link] (3 responses)

Ridiculous Rhinoceros is a few months off still.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 16:36 UTC (Mon) by vonbrand (guest, #4458) [Link] (2 responses)

And hopefully Zany Zebra will be the last of the series...

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 17:46 UTC (Mon) by tcourbon (guest, #60669) [Link]

I kinda like that "tradition", but I guess it's a matter of personal taste.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 19, 2011 2:34 UTC (Sat) by jtc (guest, #6246) [Link]

"Ridiculous Rhinoceros is a few months off still."

"And hopefully Zany Zebra will be the last of the series..."

If the names are chronological/alphabetical, when was the "Insane Ibis" released?

Ironic Ocelot

Posted Mar 7, 2011 14:47 UTC (Mon) by mcoleman (guest, #70990) [Link] (2 responses)

Got it...

EXTRA LINE FOR THE LINE EATER

Ironic Ocelot

Posted Mar 7, 2011 14:53 UTC (Mon) by kakadu (guest, #73363) [Link] (1 responses)

LINE EATER?

Ironic Ocelot

Posted Mar 7, 2011 16:30 UTC (Mon) by mcoleman (guest, #70990) [Link]

The LWN software won't accept posts as short as my original, so I had to add some garbage to get it accepted.

Here's the reference, for the young'uns:

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/L/line-eater--the.html

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 15:19 UTC (Mon) by michel (guest, #10186) [Link]

Given all the new stuff coming with that version, Ornery Ocelot maybe more concise when it's all said and done.

Ocelot

Posted Mar 7, 2011 15:21 UTC (Mon) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

I can't help being reminded of the Geek Hierarchy and its bottom rung of people who write erotic versions of Star Trek where all the characters are furries, like Kirk is an ocelot or something, and they put a furry version of themselves as the star of the story.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 16:14 UTC (Mon) by ofeeley (guest, #36105) [Link]

all the precision of T S Elliot's poetry Who's this T. S. Elliot person? Any relation of the famous poet T.S. Eliot? Or is someone being Ironically Imprecise?

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 16:28 UTC (Mon) by nicooo (guest, #69134) [Link] (15 responses)

What happens after Z?

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 16:45 UTC (Mon) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link]

Aargumentative Aardvark, of course. Absent Abalone is the next name after that, but they won't end up using it.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 16:47 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

Hebrew or Arabic letters? (I vote for Arabic. I think it looks prettier.)

(downside: not too many English words start with either.)

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 20:56 UTC (Mon) by horen (guest, #2514) [Link]

"Hebrew or Arabic letters? (I vote for Arabic. I think it looks prettier.)"

Well, Arabic is a derivative of Hebrew, and I'm one for "using the Source", so I vote for עברית.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 16:47 UTC (Mon) by zlynx (guest, #2285) [Link] (1 responses)

After Z they need to start using double letters, like how spreadsheets go to column AA, AB.

So after Z the name will have to be Aawesome Aardvark.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 18:03 UTC (Mon) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link]

Aamerican Aairlines will sue for traademaark infringement.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 17:03 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

The Ubuntupocalypse, of course.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 17:14 UTC (Mon) by sorpigal (subscriber, #36106) [Link] (2 responses)

I understand that traditionally the ampersand comes after Z. I can't think of any animals that start with "And," though.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 17:27 UTC (Mon) by nyfle (guest, #72967) [Link]

If they widen the criteria to include dinosaurs, they could go with Awesome Andesaurus. :-)

/coat

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 22:12 UTC (Mon) by gidoca (subscriber, #62438) [Link]

By then, androids will count as animals...

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 19:18 UTC (Mon) by job (guest, #670) [Link] (1 responses)

I sincerely hope that [ comes after Z. That would be geeky.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 19:56 UTC (Mon) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link]

In the Finnish alphabet, Z is followed by Å, Ä, and Ö.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 20:09 UTC (Mon) by bhassel (subscriber, #68210) [Link] (1 responses)

From the blog post,

"The oddball octopus, for example, is a great name but not one well adopt this time around. Perhaps in 13 years time, though!"

it sounds like Mark intends to wrap around and go back through the alphabet again.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 7, 2011 21:43 UTC (Mon) by jiu (guest, #57673) [Link]

I vote for the 'oddball octopus'. Anyone daring enough to install it as their primary OS deserves an octopus hug.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 8, 2011 8:37 UTC (Tue) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]

After 'Z'?

let me see...

oh, yes. It's '['

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 26, 2011 16:15 UTC (Sat) by mfedyk (guest, #55303) [Link]

Ubuntu gets consumed by Debian after Z.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 8, 2011 14:06 UTC (Tue) by dneary (guest, #55185) [Link] (1 responses)

(Can't help myself)

Next release? The Pining Peanut-gallery?

Although Prickly Porcupine wouldn't be too bad either.

Dave.

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 10, 2011 8:20 UTC (Thu) by Felix.Braun (guest, #3032) [Link]

How could any self-respecting Linux distro not choose Propitious Penguin?!

Shuttleworth: Next after Natty?

Posted Mar 10, 2011 12:13 UTC (Thu) by NRArnot (subscriber, #3033) [Link]

Z is easy, but have they thought about X yet?