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The Many Names of Linux Kernels

Posted by timothy on from the because-programmers-like-words dept.

dartttt writes "Not many people know that Kernel releases have their codenames. Most of the Linux 2.6 and 3.x kernels include a name in the Makefile of their source trees, which can be found in the git repository. They are not publicized as such but some of them are really hilarious."

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  1. Re:Damn Weasels by ByOhTek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Glad I'm not a weasel...

    When I fart on an airplane, I make it as loud as possible, then look around, and say "yeah, baby! nothin' like pork 'n beans with some jalapeno before a flight! Keeps the warmth coming right out on these cold planes!"

    --
    Self proclaimed typo king, and inventor of the bear destroying coffee table (patent not pending).
  2. Blogvertisement? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    WTF is this crap? A random blog article containing a link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_kernel_names - yeah, I loughed. Btw the link to the git repo is wrong. Elsewhere such content is called SEO spam.