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Linux 3.12 Codenamed "Suicidal Squirrel"

Posted by timothy on from the ssd-drive-just-couldn't-live-with-itself dept.

First time accepted submitter noahfecks writes "After the Linux 3.11 kernel was codenamed 'Linux for Workgroups' in memory of Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Linus Torvalds is using 'Suicidal Squirrel' as the Linux 3.12 kernel codename." Seems only fitting. (The list of kernel names should reflect this soon.)

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  1. Remember him from an Army incedent by jfdavis668 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was driving my tank off a range, when a squirrel ran out in front of us. We weren't going fast, so it took us a while to catch it. It zigzagged back and forth, and finally ran off the trail. At the last second, it dove back under our track. We then warned everyone to watch out for suicidal squirrels.

    1. Re:Remember him from an Army incedent by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I'm more used to suicidal chipmunks. Had one charge both of my dogs. They were on leashes and wouldn't have caught him if he had gone any other direction but at us. My half-pit bull scooped it up in his mouth, but also being half moron, he didn't know what the hell to do with the damned chipmunk that was now just a tail sticking out out of his mouth. I just gave him a disapproving look and he set the (now slobber covered) chipmunk on the ground gently, where it apparently reconsidered its suicidal tendencies and ran off into the bushes.

  2. Re:Barely related question by jfdavis668 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Depends on what you are doing. Driving a tank in a sleet storm at 2 am on a track that can barely be called a road is not fun. Tanks churn up mud and dust, and you get covered with it. Everything on the tank ends up like sandpaper. You constantly bang into hard metal objects. It wears you out. Very dangerous too. My driver drove under a tree we didn't see one night. My only warning was the .50 cal hitting the branches. I ducked, but lost my goggles. Went by there the next day, the goggles were on a branch that would have taken my head off. Overall, when the weather is nice, and you are cruising over open terrain, yes it is fun.

  3. Re:Kernels have Codenames? by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Informative

    It mostly started with 2.6.x (there were only a couple prior to that with names). A few highlights:

    2.6.17-rc6–2.6.17– Crazed Snow-Weasel
    2.6.18–2.6.19– Avast! A bilge rat!
    2.6.20-rc2–2.6.20– Homicidal Dwarf Hamster
    2.6.22-rc3–2.6.22-rc4 Jeff Thinks I Should Change This, But To What?
    2.6.23-rc7–2.6.23–2.6.24– Arr Matey! A Hairy Bilge Rat!
    stable: 2.6.24.1– Err Metey! A Heury Beelge-a Ret!
    2.6.25-rc2–2.6.25– Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it
    2.6.34-rc5-2.6.34–2.6.35 Sheep on Meth
    stable: 3.9.6– Black Squirrel Wakeup Call

    Full List: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_kernel_names

  4. Re:So try to tell your boss he should adopt this by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you're going to compare codename to codename, then you should have been trying to sell them "Microsoft Whistler", not "Windows XP Professional".