[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu 8.10 - the Intrepid Ibex

[Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)]

Hi Jade

Jade Gouws wrote:
> 5.04         Hoary Hedgehog
> 5.10         Breezy Badger
> 6.06         LTS Dapper Drake
> 6.10         Edgy Eft
> 7.04         Feisty Fawn
> 7.10         Gutsy Gibbon
> 8.04         LTS Hardy Heron
> 8.10         Intrepid Ibex
> 
> I didn't understand why it started from release 4.10 but turns out this 
> refers to the date, So basically October 2004, and every release followed 
> the same pattern.
> A great way to immediately find out how old your version is.

Another observation is that Hoary Breezy Dapper also spells H.B.D.,
which stands for Here Be Dragons in the names of a few of Mark
Shuttleworth's companies (like HBDVC, HBDAM, etc)

-Jonathan