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Ubuntu Hardy Heron Announced
Jono Bacon, Community Manager for Ubuntu, has announced development on the next version of the popular Linux distribution name "Hardy Heron". "Not only will the Ubuntu community continue to do what it does best, produce an easy-to-use, reliable, free software platform, but this release will proudly wear the badge of Long Term Support (LTS) and be supported with security updates for five years on the server and three years on the desktop. We look forward to releasing the Hardy Heron in April 2008."
...because I would have loved to see a Hungry Hippo release.
I've got a dirty mind, but this name conjures up images of a sex-crazed bird terrorizing his native wetlands.
Ceci n'est pas une sig.
So much for Ubuntu "Horny Homo". Just kidding, I'll still call it that.
Ubuntu Hairy Hardo... I mean, er, Hardy Heron, was announced today to much polite coughing.
No sooner does Yahoo report that worldwide illegal drug use isn't growing for the first time since drug prohibition started producing illegal drug use in the mid 19th century, then slashdot reports that Ubuntu Hardy Heroin is Announced!
Damned drug smuggling penguins...
I think I'll hold out for "Incontinent Iguana."
If copyright was not an issue, I'd like to see Xenophic Xenu.
It seems that these releases are targeted for distinctive Victorian-period engravings.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Bleeding Beaver
I just don't trust anything that bleeds for 5 days and doesn't die.
--
"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
....sums it up
http://xkcd.com/178/
There is more to science than physics!
www.iomalfunction.blogspot.com
I dunno, FreeBSD is pretty decent from what I hear.
"There there, ACS Solver, we'll get you all the RAM you need, Mary get me the local farm, ACS Solver wants more rams."
Article is about that finally another Ubuntu LTS is comming and everyone and his/her dog bitching how silly Ubuntu code names are. Not about bugs, not about how to help to solve them, but about FUCKIN FREAKIN code names!
If you choose software just by code names, you are completely lost. And if you thinking that word "Hard" is embarrassing, you definitely have too less sex, and never have thought what "Longhorn" actually can mean.
(ooh, there goes my karma)
In a mean time, click here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron to see man with...ohhh, it is just bird. Nevermind.
user@ubuntubox:~$ stfu This server is going down for shutdown NOW!
Hardy Heron: Me support you long time.
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Allow me to submit a few they could choose from in the future.
Irritable Iguana
Jocular Jellyfish
Konstipated Kangaroo
Llustful Llama
Moody Moonbat
Naughty Nautilus
Onomatopoeic Ocelot
Pervy Penguin
Quizzical Quetzalcoatl (we can use mythological beasties if BSD can use daemons)
Randy Rhino
Secret Squirrel
Truculent Tapir
Unctuous Ungulate
Vituperative Vole
Woeful Walrus
Xenophobic Xenu (posted here previously, I like)
Yearnful Yak
Zoophilic Zebra
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
I don't think the name is the problem. Your IT department is clearly staffed by twats.
Yeah, I'm sure Symantec wouldn't have any problems if they renamed their product to CockBlocker Deluxe.
A good name won't necessarily win, but a bad name will always lose.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
Sounds appropriate to me. It certainly seems as if Piers Anthony is in charge of Ubuntu's naming scheme.
"I can be self-referential if I want to," said Tom, swiftly.
I can't tell you how many PC users have watched over my shoulder as I used Beryl and said "Wow... looks like Vista is worth the switch afterall, that's amazing."