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Shuttleworth Announces Karmic Koala

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the make-the-bad-man-stop dept.

An anonymous reader writes to mention that Mark Shuttleworth has announced the next release in the horribly alliterative Ubuntu family, "Karmic Koala." The new version hopes to include a newer, shinier, faster startup, better small screen support, a spruced-up desktop look (no more brown), and many minor tweaks and updates. "A newborn Koala spends about six months in the family before it heads off into the wild alone. Sounds about perfect for an Ubuntu release plan! I'm looking forward to seeing many of you in Barcelona, and before that, at a Jaunty release party. Till then, cheers."

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  1. Cool by pak9rabid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've always been fascinated how the Debian (and derivatives) releases have functioned. Each branch is like a chamber in a revolver; as it reaches 'stable', it aligns itself with the barrel ready to be fired off to the masses.

    1. Re:Cool by contra_mundi · · Score: 5, Funny

      This needs a car analogy for us non-gun folk.

    2. Re:Cool by von_rick · · Score: 4, Funny

      This needs a sticks and stone analogy for us stone age folks ;-)

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    3. Re:Cool by V!NCENT · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ubuntu is like a massive rock; as it reaches 'stable' it starts rolling down the hill and as the giant rock becomes fasty-fasty it will go BOOOM breaky the barrier made of sticks.

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    4. Re:Cool by Propaganda13 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm lost with the guns, cars, and stones. Could someone make a software analogy?

    5. Re:Cool by PitaBred · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's like a Windows beta, except it eventually starts working right.

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    6. Re:Cool by dmbasso · · Score: 4, Funny

      Also another exception: if it screws you somehow, it's not on intent.

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    7. Re:Cool by im_thatoneguy · · Score: 3, Funny

      I don't use Windows. Could someone phrase this for a Debian user?

    8. Re:Cool by HansieC · · Score: 2, Funny

      You just had your release. I'm afraid you'll have to wait another 15 years for the next one.

  2. Re:Another one! by VeNoM0619 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Better yet, they passed up the chance of a snappy name like Karmic Khameleon Imagine the new colors they could bring to their new desktop scheme...

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  3. Re:Another one! by TheCycoONE · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hear that Koala's on the other hand are much less over-marketed

  4. And just like a koala by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny

    It only looks cute and cuddly. Actually try to cuddle a koala and it'll bite you, claw you, and shit on you.

    Or so I've heard...

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    1. Re:And just like a koala by ianare · · Score: 5, Funny

      So a bit like some children then ?

  5. Damn by Alarindris · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was hoping for King Krimson.

    1. Re:Damn by rbanffy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Krusty Krab

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    2. Re:Damn by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 2, Funny

      But then Plankton would keep trying to pirate it!

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    3. Re:Damn by Daimanta · · Score: 2, Funny

      Plundering Plankton?

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  6. Re:Another one! by von_rick · · Score: 5, Funny

    The ratings were pretty high for Kinky Klingons, but seems like they were cast aside for being less exotic.

    I have a tendency to make things up

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  7. Re:Another one! by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 5, Funny

    They tried, but it had a bad effect on reliability. The system would come and go, would come and go-oo-oo...

  8. It will definitely include... by Epsillon · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...DropBear as the default SSH. Should have been called "Killer Koala."

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  9. Re:Another one! by Thelasko · · Score: 5, Funny

    The system would come and go, would come and go-oo-oo...

    On behalf of the entire Slashdot community, I thank you for getting one of the worst songs ever written stuck in everyone's head.

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  10. Re:Another one! by iamhigh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Awww crap. Kubuntu Karmic Koala. That won't be good for business.

    Can't believe the /. trolls haven't picked up on that one yet.

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  11. Re:Another one! by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, that explains the "no more brown" bit.

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  12. Re:Front page news by linhares · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...they're finally getting a new theme? Seriously, of all the things to mention in the summary, you focus on the not-brown? There's a page long rant about cloud computing, about the eucalyptus project, and why the release is named koala. And you mention that, like every release, there's talk of it possibly not being brown?

    You must be new to ubuntu.

  13. Re:Another one! by jaavaaguru · · Score: 2, Funny

    Koala's whats?

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  14. "the horribly alliterative Ubuntu family" by John+Hasler · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shouldn't that read "the appallingly alliterative Ubuntu family"?

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  15. Re:Cat got you karma-whoring-80-column ass? by sgage · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think you meant kloud komputing.

  16. Re:Another one! by retchdog · · Score: 2, Funny

    By then, the tin roof may have ... rusted!

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  17. Re:Another one! by Valdrax · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's okay. I just need something set way back in the middle of a field. Just a funky old shack.

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  18. Re:The problem with eucalyptus ... by Anthony_Cargile · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...apparently "in the hope of" getting the fire started B-) ).

    My friend, I believe you may have just unveiled the best solution to a known problem that I have ever seen.