Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

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On 10/18/2007 06:30 AM, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 06:19:43PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>> What does Gutsy Gibbon means, is it a code name for the next stable release
>> of ubuntu distribution
>> and also the early version like Fiesty Fawn
>> 
>> How the name is given to the Ubuntu Linux
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames has the answers to your
> questions.
> 
> Regards,
> Marius Gedminas
> 

Thanks for the link! A bit of tongue-in-cheek... from a recent thread on
another newsgroup (and in that the next Ubuntu version will start with 'I'):

>>>>> >>>> I'm waiting for "Ignorant Idiot"!  :-)
>>>> >>> 
>>>> >>> That will be the special "personal AOL" edition :-)
>>> >> 
>>> >> Well, it's better than "Inebriated Iguana"
>> > 
>> > How about Irritated Ibex?
>> > 
> 
> That's actually a pretty sensible (and good) name.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibex
> <quote>
> Myth and Legend
> 
> Legend had it that the ibex's spine was rigid and non-straight, so that
> the goat could not look back. If threatened from behind, it would jump
> off a precipice and land unharmed on its horns.
> </quote>
> 
> The great leap of faith...
> 
> 

[thread poster names have been left out to protect the guilty :-)]