Canonical Names Ubuntu Linux 17.04 'Zesty Zapus' (betanews.com)

"Linux distributions and silly names go together like peanut butter and jelly," notes BetaNews. BrianFagioli writes: One of the most well-known Linux distributions to use funny names is Ubuntu. It famously uses the convention of an adjective and a lesser-known animal, each starting with the same letter... For example, Ubuntu 16.10 uses the letter "Y" -- "Yakkety Yak". The next version of the operating system will use the letter "Z" [and] Canonical has chosen "Zesty Zapus"... It is apparently a type of jumping mouse...

"As we come to the end of the alphabet, I want to thank everyone who makes this fun. Your passion and focus and intellect, and occasionally your sharp differences, all make it a privilege to be part of this body incorporate. Right now, Ubuntu is moving even faster to the centre of the cloud and edge operations. From AWS to the zaniest new devices, Ubuntu helps people get things done faster, cleaner, and more efficiently, thanks to you...", says Mark Shuttleworth, CEO, Canonical... "we are a tiny band in a market of giants, but our focus on delivering free software freely together with enterprise support, services and solutions appears to be opening doors, and minds, everywhere. So, in honour of the valiantly tiny leaping long-tailed over the obstacles of life, our next release which will be Ubuntu 17.04, is hereby code named the Zesty Zapus".
My favorite was Xenial Xerus.

Comments

It was cute, but I am glad we're at Z

[Anonymous Coward]

Naming the Ubuntu releases this way was fun for a while, but I'll be glad to see it end. I hope they make the sensible choice and choose a new naming theme (even if they do continue the scheme and end up wrapping around the alphabat back to A). The animal names are clumsy. That's why everyone uses the adjective (such as "precise," "trusty" or "zesty").

Re:It was cute, but I am glad we're at Z

[Anonymous Coward]

I intended to convey quite the opposite. I think it's boring to continue with the same theme forever. I think the animal names had a fine run, but I look forward to a new theme. I would say change is the opposite of boring in most cases.

Re: It was cute, but I am glad we're at Z

[Anonymous Coward]

Yep time for 18.04 Anal Angels

Finally!

[wjcofkc]

The non-Linux world will now take Linux seriously.

Re:Finally!

[thegarbz]

The non-Linux world will now take Linux seriously.

I don't know what you mean. I've never seen a silly name on Ubuntu. Not when I boot the system, not on the GUI, not on www.ubuntu.com, not when I click on Desktop, and not when I click on download which gives me the option of 16.04.1 LTS or 16.10.

The non-Linux world didn't even know we gave Ubuntu silly names, so if this was what was holding everyone back, then we've failed big time.

Re:17 going on 26

[Anonymous Coward]

17 = 2017....

Re:17 going on 26

[Anonymous Coward]

For example, Ubuntu 16.10 uses the letter "Y" -- "Yakkety Yak". The next version of the operating system will use the letter "Z" [and] Canonical has chosen "Zesty Zapus"...

Version 17 will use the letter "Z" and yet there are 26 letters in the alphabet. Hmm... Did I miss a Sesame Street episode somewhere?

FWIW, it's not version 17 - it's the version being targeted for the 4th month of 2017 (hence 17.04).

They played fast & loose with the codenames in the early days, but then got back on track ... so that Zesty Zapus is indeed the 26th release.

Big Bird would be proud!

Re:No more letters in the alphabet

[Anonymous Coward]

Sure there are. The next release must be Åbdominal Åwl, the next after that Äigenvalued Äsp, and finally the Örgent wÖrm.

Re: Prefered Pronoun?

[Entrope]

"Zit", because obviously it's neither zim nor zer.

Re: Prefered Pronoun?

[Anonymous Coward]

You say Ubuntu 17.04, was that really so hard?

Re: Meanwhile...

[Entrope]

For OSes with frequent releases, calendar-based numbering makes more sense than major numbers. What qualifies as a major change in an OS is very subjective, and it means nobody needs to remember how old FooBSD 7.5 or 8.3 or whatever is.

I won't argue that the silly names are a good idea, though.

Can they get 16.04 to work first?

[mea2214]

Still waiting for whatever bugs are causing my installation of 16.04 to randomly freeze after 12 hours of runtime. Can they work on getting that more reliable so I can ditch Windows 10?

Re:Can they get 16.04 to work first?

[orvam]

intel_idle.max_cstate=1? That one has been a pain in the ass, but the fix probably will come from upstream and not from Ubuntu.

Re:Can they get 16.04 to work first?

[khz6955]

@mea2214: "Still waiting for whatever bugs are causing my installation of 16.04 to randomly freeze after 12 hours of runtime. Can they work on getting that more reliable so I can ditch Windows 10?" link

What was the response when you posted the problem on the Ubuntu Forum?

Re:Can they get 16.04 to work first?

[amalcolm]

Fava beans and a nice bottle of Chianti?

Next up...

[Jaegs]

Aarrghhing Aardvark.

Re: So unprofessional

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, disqualifying something because of a name. I would hate to have you as an employee

Re:Ubuntu is a buggy mess

[i.r.id10t]

I upgraded 17.1 -> 17.2- > 17.3 -> 18 . Took a few cycles of updating and dist-upgrading but it worked fine.

Next?

[hcs_$reboot]

Planets? Constellations? LOTR characters? Or more modern GoT characters?

Re:News that matters.

[hcs_$reboot]

Make your own distro with upstarts...

Awww Shucks...

[LVSlushdat]

I was hoping for Zippy Zebra...... sigh...

Re:Ubuntu is a buggy mess

[LVSlushdat]

Ummm... based on those version numbers, I'm pretty sure you meant Mint not Ubuntu... yeah, I know Mint is based on Ubuntu, but Mint has its own version numbers and clever names.....

Is it real or humor (Linux Mint)

[Trax3001BBS]

There's just me on my system I refer to as deaf, no other users. I ran journalctl to check my system out and came across this:
Oct 21 05:24:28 deaf dbus-daemon[1119]: Unknown username "whoopsie" in message bus configuration file

Re:Ubuntu is a buggy mess

[khz6955]

@Anonymous Troll: "Seriously, I try it every other year or so to see if its better and it is terrible. Mint is ok but the lack of in place upgrading kills it for me." link

Seriously, I totally believe you're not some anonymous troll ;)

If We go Back to A

[JimSadler]

If we go back to A i think Adorable Ass would be a good name for the next release.

Ubuntu

[mister_playboy]

Ubuntu, with its three long vowel sounds, is actually fairly awkward for English speakers to pronounce correctly.

Re:Ubuntu

[vandamme]

The geeks on the Linux Action Show always butcher names.

Re:No more letters in the alphabet

[Fire_Wraith]

No, after Z you move to AA. Clearly they have to go to Aardvark, the only question is what aa adjective to pair it with. It's when they get to bb that they run into real trouble.

Not the end of the alphabet at all...

[Mattsson]

Next should be something akin to "Ångkokt Ål" or "Ångerful Åländare".

Re:So unprofessional

[Svenne]

Can't tell if you're joking, but yeah, Squeeze, Potato, Wheezy and Woody are so much better...

Re:Please explain

[Chandon Seldon]

These are development codenames. Releases get version numbers.