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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. Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_kernel_names is the link worth going to if you want to find out what they are.

    1. Re:Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! by Tsingi · · Score: 5, Funny

      All pale in comparison to "Pink Farting Weasle"

    2. Re:Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! by BetterThanCaesar · · Score: 5, Informative

      That's not a link. That's a URL. This is a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_kernel_names

      --
      "Stop failing the Turing test!" -- Dilbert
    3. Re:Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! by alex67500 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Judging by your encoding issues, you're using one of their products right now aren't you?

  2. 2.6.20 by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used to own numerous 2.6.20's (they bred a lot) and I currently have a 2.6.21. I was also attacked by a 2.6.28-rc1 once, although it could have been a 2.6.36.

  3. git log -p Makefile | grep "^ NAME = " | uniq -d by alanw · · Score: 5, Informative


      NAME = "Divemaster Edition"
      NAME = Sneaky Weasel
      NAME = Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs
      NAME = Sheep on Meth
      NAME = Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity
      NAME = Vindictive Armadillo
      NAME = Temporary Tasmanian Devil
      NAME = Erotic Pickled Herring
      NAME = Killer Bat of Doom
      NAME = Rotary Wombat
      NAME = Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it
      NAME = Arr Matey! A Hairy Bilge Rat!
      NAME = Pink Farting Weasel
      NAME = Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman!
      NAME = Nocturnal Monster Puppy
      NAME = Homicidal Dwarf Hamster