fedora 9 codename.

[Dan]

http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=179416

Sulphur?

They gotta be kidding?! <..:eek:..>

What next? Brimstone?

Let the flames ... uh, strike that. Let the games begin! <..:p..>


Dan

[Demz]

is a stupid name .. this is the name i would choose but i havent voted yet :) Woodwose

[bob]

(moved to Fedora Focus)

[Demz]

the name might grow on us eventually,

[Dan]

So will mold.

[Wayne]

At least they didn't spell it "sulfur" :)

Wayne

[Demz]

So will mold.
true, like to know who comes up with these silly names, but you gotta admit this name isnt as bbad as the others that were listed

[bob]

A ringing endorsement!

[Dan]

For those too lazy to click through. The glorious candidates!

| Sulphur
| Bathysphere
| Chupacabra
| Mayonnaise
| Dragicorn
| Woodwose
| Tourette
| Asperger
| Barmanou
| Chingachgook
| Kingsport Town
| Marfan

Reminds me of a quote.

"The sixties weren't good to you, were they, son?"


Dan

[lazlow]

How about OldBugsfixed.

[bob]

No, they wanted something more realistic.

[Wayne]

"lotsanewbugs" :)

Wayne

[Demz]

like to know who suggested these Chupacabra
Mayonnaise Chingachgook

[lazlow]

If they would fix the old ones I would not mind some new ones. At least the challenge of finding some information on a new problem breaks up the monotony

[Demz]

hopefully fedora10 they'll more or less fix the bugs an release less new Features,

[lazlow]

Wayne

After looking at the choices again, we really need to get you on that committee. That or take away their helium or whatever they are currently puffing.

[Wayne]

Wayne

After looking at the choices again, we really need to get you on that committee. That or take away their helium or whatever they are currently puffing.

I vote for Dan on the committee :D If it were up to me I'd suggest something 'Arthurian' or 'Douglas Adams-ish' :eek: Or perhaps even beer related:

Fedora 9 - Stout
Fedora 10 - Porter
Fedora 11 - Dunkel

:)

Wayne

[lazlow]

I like Dunkel. Wouldn't make a bad name either.

Dunkel Knight? No, not Drunken Knight.

[Wayne]

I like Dunkel. Wouldn't make a bad name either.

Dunkel Knight? No, not Drunken Knight.

What's the difference? :D

Fedora 12 - The Knights Who Say 'Ni'

Wayne

[Evil_Bert]

Predictable? Maybe, but anyway .....

Fedora 9 - Cougar
Fedora 10 - Thunderbolt
Fedora 11 - Aardvark
Fedora 12 - Raven
Fedora 13 - Ghostrider
Fedora 14 - Tomcat
Fedora 15 - Eagle
Fedora 16 - Falcon
Fedora 17 - Cobra
Fedora 18 - Hornet
Fedora 19 - Aurora
Fedora 20 - Tigershark
Fedora 21 - Kfir
Fedora 22 - Raptor
Fedora 23 - Black Widow
Fedora 24 - Tornado
Fedora 25 - Typhoon

(I filled in a few, and yes, I was bored...)

[zagloba]

good grief whats next !:D
what is wrong with names like those:
thunder,cyclone, scorpion.:)

[zagloba]

yezzzzzzzzzz Porter is a nice name .

[SGSeries2]

Bah. Forgive my ignorance, but was this an open poll? If I'd have known, I would have voted for Chupacabra ftw. :)

[schwim]

Man, I love naming new versions and kind of frown upon wasting the opportunity.

I named the latest version(to be released in a week or two) of one of my scripts "Idiot Croissant".

Tourrette? Morons.

"What version you running, Johnny?"

"Fed-Fed"Click"dor-r-r-r-ra PHUQ! v-v-v-v-ersion BASTAGE! n-n-n-ine, Gilles d-d-d-d-d-de la KNOBSWALLOWER! T-T-T-Tourrette's."

"Oh."

thanks,
json

[leigh123linux]

For those too lazy to click through. The glorious candidates!



Reminds me of a quote.




Dan

I wonder what Asperger or Tourette has to do with Fedora :confused:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette_syndrome



They could call it

Fedora - smallpox

or

Fedora - The black death

[SlowJet]

eeeewwww!!!!!!

As the Scottish girl said,
"Tats horrorrebel!"

SJ

[leigh123linux]

Added poll

[bob]

SGSeries2, no the poll open to people contributing and developing for the Fedora project.

[Dan]

Poll edited. Choices added.

[sideways]

Far too imaginative, if it was up to me it would be called ....

Fedora9

[Thetargos]

hopefully fedora10 they'll more or less fix the bugs an release less new Features,
Then that'd be no Fedora ;)

Fedora's about new features and testing how do they work together with other parts of the system. Releasing less new features would actually be anti-Fedora :D

Edit

I personally found it outrageous someone actually proposed names which also reference diseases (Marfan, Asperger, Tourette). I'm sure the proponent was thinking about the persons who first described these diseases, or something along those lines, rather than the illnesses themselves. Also of the mythic beast crowd, the only one I could "digest" was Dragicorn... And that comes from one of the voters on the Werewolf name for F8, i.e, me. I thought about the Chingachgook (or whatever is spelled like) name as well, but seriously: Are we the last of our kind? (hero from Last of the Mohicans), and please who could have ever proposed the 'Chupacabra' aberration? (sends chills down my spine to even think about a Fedora release named THAT), heck even Dracula would have been better! With all and Copyright infringement! Or to avoid that, "Nosferatu", but... Do we see Linux (particularly Fedora) as a Life Sucking endeavor*?... Don't answer :D

* Being blood an allegory for "Life", as it usually is with many vampire myths.

[JN4OldSchool]

Hate to bring a hint of reality to the thread, but I really couldnt care less what they want to call it, just as long as it works. :)

[forkbomb]

Doesn't matter much to me, because most people just use the number anyway. That said...

"Moonshine" was a pretty good name.

"Werewolf" is bloody stupid. Might as well call it "Wizard". I don't know why. Codenaming a distro "Werewolf" just seems so childish.

Sulphur? Come on. The rest of those sucked. Chupacabra, ironically, seems to have been added as a joke but did well; for those of you who are uninformed, "Chupacabra" is a Cryptid (animal of unconfirmed reality, like Nessie and Sasquatch). The name literally translates to "goat-sucker."

If I had a distro? Well, I think I'd parody the whole codename thing and make my codenames cumbersomely long and even nonsensical. Something like "[Tom's Clever Distro Name] 1.0 - If I Had a Styrofoam Canoe Small Enough to Fit in the Bathtub, I'd Call Myself Edward Teach and Name the Boat 'Queen Anne's Revenge'".

[Dan]

Why persist in reaching either to the patently ridiculous, or worse yet, the darkest side of ourselves for fedora names?

There are so many other possibilities! Perhaps Brimstone isn't such a bad idea. Or ...

Anthracite
Ironwood
Azul

or ... maybe ...

Menagerie! <..:p..>

[JN4OldSchool]

or ... maybe ...

Menagerie! <..:p..>

HUMPH! Well! From a CM at that! I for one have only had ONE woman at a time...

[Evil_Bert]

OK, who voted "No"? :eek:

[Perpetual]

:cool: ;)

[Dan]

HUMPH! Well! From a CM at that! I for one have only had ONE woman at a time...<----<<< ROTFL!

Menagerie \Men*ag"er*ie\, n. [F. m['e]nagerie, fr. m['e]nager to
keep house, m['e]nage household. See {Menial}, {Mansion}.]
1. A place where animals are kept and trained.
[1913 Webster]

2. A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for
exhibition.
[1913 Webster]

ménage à trois

NOUN: A relationship in which three people, such as a married couple and a lover, live together and have sexual relations.
ETYMOLOGY: French : ménage, household + à, for + trois, three.

[Plossl]

How about they eliminate the naming entirely? It's pretentious.

"Fedora 9? Ha! If you were in the inner circle - like me - you would know it's really called Voodoo Dog."

[RupertPupkin]

Missing option: What the heck were they smoking?!

[forkbomb]

Missing option: What the heck were they smoking?!
(Amend that to: What the heck were they smoking, where did they get it, and how much will it cost me?)

[chousho]

:( This is just like when people name their kids Moon Unit, poor Fedora 9 is going to get picked on in school.


I propose:
Cobra
Laffe
Corona
Kolsch

err, maybe someone else should propose actually, haha.

[Demz]

Then that'd be no Fedora ;)

Fedora's about new features and testing how do they work together with other parts of the system. Releasing less new features would actually be anti-Fedora :D

Edit

I personally found it outrageous someone actually proposed names which also reference diseases (Marfan, Asperger, Tourette). I'm sure the proponent was thinking about the persons who first described these diseases, or something along those lines, rather than the illnesses themselves. Also of the mythic beast crowd, the only one I could "digest" was Dragicorn... And that comes from one of the voters on the Werewolf name for F8, i.e, me. I thought about the Chingachgook (or whatever is spelled like) name as well, but seriously: Are we the last of our kind? (hero from Last of the Mohicans), and please who could have ever proposed the 'Chupacabra' aberration? (sends chills down my spine to even think about a Fedora release named THAT), heck even Dracula would have been better! With all and Copyright infringement! Or to avoid that, "Nosferatu", but... Do we see Linux (particularly Fedora) as a Life Sucking endeavor*?... Don't answer :D

* Being blood an allegory for "Life", as it usually is with many vampire myths.true, but i think fedora9 has most of the new features going into it now unleess they drop a few due to some major bug(s) in a new feature, but i guess it depends if Fedora wanna try an get to the Number 1 Distro on distrowatch an stay there by making a less buggy Distro with less features, ( doesnt mean there cant be some new features in fedora10 but less of them )

[RupertPupkin]

:( This is just like when people name their kids Moon Unit, poor Fedora 9 is going to get picked on in school.
Yeah, next thing you know they'll be giving Fedora loony names like Feisty Fawn or Gutsy Gibbon. No one would wanna use a distro named like that...oh, wait. :)

[Iron_Mike]

They didn't like my suggestion of:

Nuclear

[w5set]

My choice is "Moody Monkey"
(or "Garish Gorilla")

I like silly animal names...we could go down the alphabet
Antsy Ardvark?--F9
Buffy Baboon--F10
:)


Hows about using some muppet names???
Now there's actually some class in those.
Kermit.
Ms Piggy
etc.
(Big Bird?)

[Demz]

what about Daffy Duck codename or RoadRunner

[leigh123linux]

How about the codename Dozy Developers ;)

[w5set]

Wonder if marketing (RH) is involved in the naming?
Nahhh...
well,,,,,ummm
Nahhh..

But I wonder if F8 was named under the influence of a full moon?

$ cat /etc/fedora-release
Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)

Maybe under the influence of a full moon it changes into something else?
Maybe someone really believes in lycanthropy.
But anyway--I am gonna shut my computer off *again* Feb 21 just_to_make_sure.

[lazlow]

Now there is a thought, "mooner". It just brings to mind such a graphic image.

[forkbomb]

true, but i think fedora9 has most of the new features going into it now unleess they drop a few due to some major bug(s) in a new feature, but i guess it depends if Fedora wanna try an get to the Number 1 Distro on distrowatch an stay there by making a less buggy Distro with less features, ( doesnt mean there cant be some new features in fedora10 but less of them )

Uhh... who cares about DistroWatch? Honestly?

EDIT: don't get me wrong - it's a great site at least for the links and news. But who cares about the "most clicks" sidebar?

[w5set]

***But who cares about the "most clicks" sidebar?**

Marketing---Advertizing--Google and other search engines
Win refugees---Ubuntu devotees
Various magazine writers who figure it matters
Steve Ballmer and crew.
Assorted others as well all care.. ;)

[Demz]

Uhh... who cares about DistroWatch? Honestly?

EDIT: don't get me wrong - it's a great site at least for the links and news. But who cares about the "most clicks" sidebar?
i guess so, least its a better site than OsNews.com these days :) some care , i dunno maybe the fedora team have there goals to get there with fedora10 an stay there for a lot longer, im sure fedora an or Redhat watch it

[RupertPupkin]

***But who cares about the "most clicks" sidebar?**

Marketing---Advertizing--Google and other search engines
Win refugees---Ubuntu devotees
Various magazine writers who figure it matters
Steve Ballmer and crew.
So in other words, people who don't matter. :)

[w5set]

RP---- don't matter?
Remember---you said that, not me.
:D
I would *never* even think that about someone... ;)
I think everyone has a purpose...some we just ain't found what for yet. :eek:

[forkbomb]

i guess so, least its a better site than OsNews.com these days :) some care , i dunno maybe the fedora team have there goals to get there with fedora10 an stay there for a lot longer, im sure fedora an or Redhat watch it
I'm not exactly sure what the "official" goals of the Fedora project are (besides "make a solid distro"), but I'm sure that popularity on distrowatch is the last thing that enters into the minds of the devs.

[Demz]

I'm not exactly sure what the "official" goals of the Fedora project are (besides "make a solid distro"), but I'm sure that popularity on distrowatch is the last thing that enters into the minds of the devs.
who knows, maybe the devs don't look but im sure marketing does though i dont know,

[Thetargos]

Wonder if marketing (RH) is involved in the naming?
Nahhh...
well,,,,,ummm
Nahhh..

But I wonder if F8 was named under the influence of a full moon?

$ cat /etc/fedora-release
Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)

Maybe under the influence of a full moon it changes into something else?
Maybe someone really believes in lycanthropy.
But anyway--I am gonna shut my computer off *again* Feb 21 just_to_make_sure.
Nope, RH marketing is not involved, but rather the developers get to choose and propose a name in the -devel list, then a selection is approved and run through Legal for clearance, and then the list is published for voting at the main www.fedoraproject.org site.

[RupertPupkin]

who knows, maybe the devs don't look but im sure marketing does though i dont know,
OK...thanks for, uh, clearing that up. :confused:

[forkbomb]

OK...thanks for, uh, clearing that up. :confused:
Uh... yeah. Exactly what sort of marketing are we talking about here? And the marketing of whom directed at what group of consumers?

I'm confuzzled.

[Demz]

OK...thanks for, uh, clearing that up. :confused:
no prob, glad i could help :D

[Zigzagcom]

All I can think of, is that there might be a succession of code names based on elements that will eventually lead up to some toxic brew. "Toxic" might just be a good code name at some point, maybe by the time we arrive at F13, LOL. :D

[Tarmael]

I dunno, I can't believe Chupacobra even got so many votes.

Even if the suggester of the diseases ideas was thinking about the people who discovered it to begin with, that doesn't mean Asperger, or Tourette was a good idea.

And Mayonnaise? I'd much rather an alliteration and animal based codename than any of the ones on that list apart from Sulphur.

I can live with Sulphur.

[LostSon]

The names are quite boring, hopefully they will get better with time.

[forkbomb]

no prob, glad i could help :D
Glad you can help? Did you totally miss the point that Rupert was pointing out your post simply did not make sense?

[Evil_Bert]

Glad you can help? Did you totally miss the point that Rupert was pointing out your post simply did not make sense?
So, who got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning? :)

[Dan]

And by early afternoon, if they don't feed, lefthand threads are a real pain!

[Salamandra]

The names are supposed to have a relationship with the previous one.

Can anyone tell me the relation between werewolf and sulphur? :confused:

[Plossl]

The names are supposed to have a relationship with the previous one.

Can anyone tell me the relation between werewolf and sulphur? :confused:
Yes, that would be nice.

Also, I would think the names should serve some useful purpose. Can anyone tell me what that is?

[schwim]

The names are supposed to have a relationship with the previous one.

Did you read this in your book of "Development of applications and the release rules & restrictions that apply to them"?

thanks,
json

[Dan]

Can anyone tell me the relation between werewolf and sulphur? Or mayonnaise?

[SGSeries2]

I hear werewolves are pretty tasty with mayonnaise. Or was it we're pretty tasty with mayonnaise? :)

[forkbomb]

I hear werewolves are pretty tasty with mayonnaise. Or was it we're pretty tasty with mayonnaise? :)
I read this book once about slaying Werewolves.

You're supposed to get a jar of mayo, add some silver shavings, and trick said werewolf into thinking that its sunscreen. (Deep down, all Werewolves are really suckers for a good, even bronze tan).

[Demz]

Glad you can help? Did you totally miss the point that Rupert was pointing out your post simply did not make sense?
i was joking or did you miss that point

[forkbomb]

i was joking or did you miss that point
Yeah, sure. Or are you talking about the first, totally nonsensical post you made concerning "marketing?" That was a joke, too, I suppose.

[bsund]

Bit bored so I'll try to make a list of them with google :P

Sulphur -
A ingredient in a Belgian cure against werewolfism, according to this page http://www.allenvarney.com/av_were.html

Bathysphere -
A song made by an artist called Cat Power which also have made a song called Werewolf.

Chupacabra -
Lizardman.

Mayonnaise -
A ingredient in "Werewolf in the Waldorf Salad"

Dragicorn -
A cross between a unicorn and a dragon.

Woodwose -
Hairy wildman of the woods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodwose

Tourette and Aspberger -
Many Furries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom) have one of those disorders.

Barmanou -
Another mythological creature, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmanou

Chingachgook -
Chingachgook the Great Serpent, fictional Mohican that had a very good understanding of the nature.

Kingsport Town -
Another song from Cat Power.

Marfan -
Uhm, can't really make a connection with this one.

well it was fun to look em up :)

[Demz]

Yeah, sure. Or are you talking about the first, totally nonsensical post you made concerning "marketing?" That was a joke, too, I suppose.
no, i was only suggesting maybe they look at it,

[forkbomb]

no, i was only suggesting maybe they look at it,
That's why it was nonsensical: who the deuce are "they" you keep referring to? "Their marketing?" Whose marketing?

[forkbomb]

well it was fun to look em up :)

Ha... I've got to say some of those are a stretch. I'm not saying I could do better, it's just that it's dubious that the names they picked for the vote were "related" to the last codename.

If it's true, then how do former codenames relate to their predecessors? (E.g. how does "Zod" related to "Moonshine"?)

[Demz]

That's why it was nonsensical: who the deuce are "they" you keep referring to? "Their marketing?" Whose marketing?
thought i mentioned that in my first post?

[Salamandra]

Bit bored so I'll try to make a list of them with google :P

Sulphur -
A ingredient in a Belgian cure against werewolfism, according to this page http://www.allenvarney.com/av_were.html

Are we going to get a cure? :eek:

Thanks.

[bbfuller]

I've just spent the last five years teaching 60+ year olds to handle their first computers.

One of the things I've found it necessary to say to them (only half tongue in cheek) is to be very wary about the sense of humour and communication skills of people who spend too much time working with computers!

I'm prepared to duck under the table now in case the flak starts flying.

But I do think you could use the the proposed naming of Fedora 9 as a very good illustration of the point.

[Dan]

Aha! Thanks, Rahul.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Names

[b_martinez]

Ha... I've got to say some of those are a stretch. I'm not saying I could do better, it's just that it's dubious that the names they picked for the vote were "related" to the last codename.

If it's true, then how do former codenames relate to their predecessors? (E.g. how does "Zod" related to "Moonshine"?)

General Zod in the Superman film was on Luna at one point, hence the tie-in to moonshine.
Moonlight supposedly triggers the change for Werewolves.
A werewolf is a mythical thing, hence the tie-in to vampires, chupacabra.....et&c.
hopefully, the names will get better, thankfully I'm not eligible to vote, or nominate names.
Werewolf> Beast >Blue > Smokey> ???
the last 3 are what I named my 4 wheel drives. :p
Bill

[bob]

This may be it: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Names A little obscure, to be sure!

[Plossl]

Not surprising my question went unanswered. I can only assume the release names serve no purpose, except possibly entertainment.

Nothing wrong with that - just saying.

[Dan]

This may be it: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Names A little obscure, to be sure! Psssssst! Bob! Post #83! <..:p..>

[bob]

Oh THAT post #83!!!! Sorry, missed it. :eek: :p

[techmatt]

I liked moonshine other than that I don't care what is was named

[Cogar]

The majority of the release names have been forgettable. Sulphur continues the tradition.

[bob]

On a 'plus' note, maybe the followup could be called "Yellowstone". (White Sulphur Springs/Sulphur Caudron/Yellowstone Nat'l. Park)?

[Seve]

Hello:
How about the Codename

"Perfect" :D

Seve

[Iron_Mike]

On a 'plus' note, maybe the followup could be called "Yellowstone". (White Sulphur Springs/Sulphur Caudron/Yellowstone Nat'l. Park)?


Along the same lines Bob, but the name "Caldera" would be cool

[Thetargos]

I thought of 'Volcano' for the codename of F10... Though, I'm sure other more original games (related to Sulphur) will spring.

[CrackedLCD]

Bathysphere -
A song made by an artist called Cat Power which also have made a song called Werewolf.

Kingsport Town -
Another song from Cat Power.


That's awesome, I love Cat Power and that's the first thing I thought of when I read "Bathysphere" (although I thought it was cover she did...). They could've picked some better ones, like "He-War" or "Crossbones Style" (which would lead to some pretty sweet logos/artwork for the desktop :D )


Tourette and Aspberger -
Many Furries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom) have one of those disorders.


That's just creepy, are there furries amongst the fedora developers?! :p

[Evil_Bert]

A few names for F10 and the relationship to Sulphur:

Gunpowder? Made using ...
Isotope? Is possessed by ...
Galena? Compound containing ...
Epsom? Compound containing ...
Glutathione? Compound containing ...
Genesis? One of the first recorded references to ...
Brimstone? Ancient name for ...
Claus? Name of process used to extract ...

(Yup. Bored again. :) )

[cable_txg]

The question is: "What the heck where they smoking?"
It must have been something pretty strong for their thinking faculties to malfunction. :D

[RJFUatHOME]

Sometimes I really wonder where they come up with these release names. But all in all, it doesn't really matter to me. It's the community, the software, the freedom, and the sponsorship and commitment that keeps me coming back. Call it whatever... I'll just smile at whatever it's called. ;)

[JN4OldSchool]

A few names for F10 and the relationship to Sulphur:

Gunpowder? Made using ...
Isotope? Is possessed by ...
Galena? Compound containing ...
Epsom? Compound containing ...
Glutathione? Compound containing ...
Genesis? One of the first recorded references to ...
Brimstone? Ancient name for ...
Claus? Name of process used to extract ...

(Yup. Bored again. :) )

I really like gunpowder. And that fits all the silly criteria, right? You should submit that one when it's time.

[mbokil]

Let the flames ... uh, strike that. Let the games begin!

Dan, don't quit your day job there as community manager, the comedy still needs some work.

I don't know about the code names for Fedora 9 too much but I would like to suggest a new tag line for Fedora 9, "Fedora 9, because Pulseaudio mostly works now..." Doh.

[Dan]

Dan, don't quit your day job there as community manager, the comedy still needs some work.

I don't know about the code names for Fedora 9 too much but I would like to suggest a new tag line for Fedora 9, "Fedora 9, because Pulseaudio mostly works now..." Doh. Ow! That hurt! Oh, Jeeze! I'm just ... crushed!

I was actually kind of proud of that one. <..:(..>

*Sob!*


Dan <..:p..>

[forkbomb]

I really like gunpowder. And that fits all the silly criteria, right? You should submit that one when it's time.
Gunpowder would be kind of cool, I guess. But I like the above poster's comment about how the names have been "forgettable" - that about sums it up perfectly. With the exception of Moonshine, I haven't been impressed by any of them.

Whether the codename for Fedora 9 sucks or rules all of creation, I think most of us will call it Fedora 9 anyway. Maybe that should be the "codename." :p Now that I think of it, I wonder what the devs refer to Fedora 8 as. I'm guessing it's not the lycanthrope. So what's the point of the codenames? Getting Diggs?

EDIT: come to think of it, most distros have absolutely stupid codenames; thankfully some just eschew the whole codename ruse (what is this, a military operation? - one of these days I'm going to hear about a distro release codenamed "Desert Storm"). Not naming names, but... there's a certain popular distro that has the stupidest naming convention ever.

(Rant over.)

[RupertPupkin]

Dan, don't quit your day job there as community manager, the comedy still needs some work.
Ouch! Not that I disagree...

By the way, I think the Fedora names need a whole new approach. Something that will make people want to install it just to see if the name really has something to do with the distro. Here are my suggestions:

"Free Pizza"
"Hot Babes"
"All-you-can-eat Nachos"
"$50 Rebate!"
"Loads of Sex"
"Oatmeal"

[Dan]

E tu, Rupert?!

[schwim]

A few names for F10 and the relationship to Sulphur:

Gunpowder? Made using ...
Isotope? Is possessed by ...
Galena? Compound containing ...
Epsom? Compound containing ...
Glutathione? Compound containing ...
Genesis? One of the first recorded references to ...
Brimstone? Ancient name for ...
Claus? Name of process used to extract ...

(Yup. Bored again. :) )

How about:

Open Wound? Gets packed with...
Fart Ingitor? Gets lit with a _______ tipped match
Fartologist (http://www.jibjab.com/view/71120)? Alludes to the studies researching whether sulfer-containing gases cause the odor in flatulence (http://gut.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/43/1/100).

thanks,
json

[bob]

Ouch! Not that I disagree...

By the way, I think the Fedora names need a whole new approach. Something that will make people want to install it just to see if the name really has something to do with the distro. Here are my suggestions:

"Free Pizza"
"Hot Babes"
"All-you-can-eat Nachos"
"$50 Rebate!"
"Loads of Sex"
"Oatmeal"



You know, if you mix up those names a bit.... :D (Well, it doesn't work with Oatmeal, but still...)

[forkbomb]

You know, if you mix up those names a bit.... :D (Well, it doesn't work with Oatmeal, but still...)
You mean like "Free All-you-can-eat babes?"

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I just type that?

[stevea]

At least they didn't spell it "sulfur" :)

Wayne


WTF Wayne, The IUPAC spells it "sulfur". http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/

[stevea]

I really like gunpowder. And that fits all the silly criteria, right? You should submit that one when it's time.

Actually it doesn't fit the "is-a" relationship criteria.

Sulphur is-an element; so anything element in the periodic table could be the F10 name.

sulphur (as a verb) is-a means of preservation ["These dried fruits are sulphured"], so "freeze", , "freeze-dry" "smoke" and "salt" are valid verb names for F10.

sulphur is-a pesticide; ...
Sulphur is-a town in Louisiana and Oklahoma; ...
Sulphur is-a type of butterfly; ...
Sulphur is-a Norwegian Band; ...
....

Pesticides seem like a poor choice and I'm still nauseated w/ the balloons theme - so I' mnot about to choose butterflies.

"smoke", "nitrogen", "boron" ... OK but ....

Town names from Louisiana & Oklahoma are legit ... "Delta", "Hackberry", "Waterproof", "Laplace", "Grosse Tete" ... ."Broken Arrow", "Corn", "Fort Coffee", "Jet", "Oologah", "Optima", "Okay", "Red Oak", "Tenkiller", "Tushka", "Walnut", "Zeb".


I rather like "Hackberry", but it will be a PITA to select a name for F11.

[Evil_Bert]

Actually it doesn't fit the "is-a" relationship criteria.
Keeping in mind that this is about as important as a bunch of girl scouts debating whether we should legislate for less glue to hold the last toilet paper square to the roll ... :)

The "n to n+1 is-a" relationship is pretty darn vague and they didn't state the order. And if is-a is as strict as you say, then how the heck is Moonshine related to Werewolf?

Still, to use is-a:
Sulphur is-a constituent of gunpowder
Sulphur is-a isotope of itself
Sulphur is-a constituent of Galena; Epsom; Glutathione
Genesis is-a world-renowned text that mentions Sulphur
Brimstone is-a alternative name for Sulphur
Claus is-a process to extract Sulphur

It's not like I particularly care, but gunpowder still looks OK to me.

And Hackberry is-a rhyme for Blackberry.

Now, let me get back to more serious matters like whether rate at which ice forms in my freezer will impinge on my needed capacity to store Popsicles.

[techmatt]

Isn't Sulphur the stuff the smells like rotten eggs when heat is applied?

[bob]

Yes, having had 26 years of 'sulphur water' at my old home, that's a good description.

[techmatt]

That is what I thought, so why is fedora codenamed after something that smells that bad?

I just don't get it :|

[bob]

:D There are always some people who'll think that's appropriate! Of course, there's also a number of attractive birds and plants who are named for the pale yellow color of sulphur. It will be interesting to see what our graphics folks come up with on this one and at least computers haven't yet based anything on our sense of smell, so we're lucky this time.

[stevea]

Isn't Sulphur the stuff the smells like rotten eggs when heat is applied?


That is what I thought, so why is fedora codenamed after something that smells that bad?

I just don't get it :|

Sulfur is almost odorless.

Sulfur-dioxide stinks and hydrogen-disulfide is the rotten-egg smell.

"sulfur water" is caused by bacteria in wells that use sulfur (no oxygen present) to oxidize iron. Alternatively surface water with rotting organic matter releases a not of H2S from bacterial metabolism.

[stevea]

Keeping in mind that this is about as important as a bunch of girl scouts debating whether we should legislate for less glue to hold the last toilet paper square to the roll ... :) .

Far less-so I should hope.



The "n to n+1 is-a" relationship is pretty darn vague and they didn't state the order. And if is-a is as strict as you say, then how the heck is Moonshine related to Werewolf?

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Names
"Werewolf" and "Moonshine" are movie titles.


Still, to use is-a:
Sulphur is-a constituent of gunpowder
Sulphur is-a isotope of itself
Sulphur is-a constituent of Galena; Epsom; Glutathione
Genesis is-a world-renowned text that mentions Sulphur
Brimstone is-a alternative name for Sulphur
Claus is-a process to extract Sulphur



You obviously can't use compound relationship like "is-a constitiuent" or "is mentioned in a book" or "is-a word"; that's just too easy. The "is-a" must be a definition;

Sulphur isn't an isotope of itself; you could say sulfur-36 is an isotope of sulphur but that doesn't help.

sulphur is town
sulphur is an element
sulphur is a butterfly
sulphur is a pesticide
Sulphur is a band

In your attempt only brimstone has a chance.

The relationships go like this:
Codename(N) is-a 'XXX'; and Codename(N+1) is-a 'XXX', but Codename(N+2) is-NOT-a 'XXX'. For some specific 'XXX'.

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Hey, just a minute here - I believe that "Sulphur" is an invalid successor codename to "Werewolf". They state sulphur is a mythical cure for lycanthropy, but "is a cure" isn't a valid valid relationship and "Werewolf" isn't a cure for anything.

Can we recall the F9 name ?

[JN4OldSchool]

so is it safe to say "gunpowder" is out? :(

That's it...I QUIT!!! :mad:

[bbfuller]

Brimstone of course is an old fashioned name for Sulphur.

Fire and Brimstone being closely associated with Hell!

Are we getting advanced warning?

[bsund]

I think 10 will be called gunpowder or volcano, sulphur is a part of gunpowder and is found around volcano's..

both of those are catchy and they open up alot of other names ;)

[Dan]

I think Iron_Mike had a good idea in Caldera.

[techmatt]

Yellow stone would still work

[Thetargos]

So long they don't name it after a famous volcano, all is alright (who wants another Krakatoa or St. Helen?)

Edit

I meant Krakatoa, not Maunaloa. One is a volcano, and the other is a region.

[dubb]

Defintion
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fedora
fe·do·ra (f-dôr, -dr)
n.
A soft felt hat with a fairly low crown creased lengthwise and a brim that can be turned up or down.

how about a name with a good reasoning.

[JN4OldSchool]

Defintion
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fedora


how about a name with a good reasoning.

famous fedora-wearing characters?

F9 - Indiana Jones
F10 - Humphry Bogart
F11 - Sam Spade....

[dubb]

famous fedora-wearing characters?

F9 - Indiana Jones
F10 - Humphry Bogart
F11 - Sam Spade....

yanky doodle..puahha. how about Fedora Bob? Is the development team really going to name it soulfur? or are they looking for a name?

[bob]

Naturally relates to it's Red Hat origins. About as good as:

Slackware
Gentoo
Mandriva
Ubuntu
Sabayon
Knoppix
SuSE
(and so on and so on...)

Hey there! You saying "Fedora BOB" is a bad name??? :eek:

And yes, it's official. See the News item.

[Dan]

Ooooooooh, yeeaah! I'm getting a good mental picture here. All full of fire and brimstone and smelling vaguely of sulphur ... and Bob's face grinning in the middle of the furnace roar! Shades of The Cremation of Sam McGee! <..:p..>

[bob]

Hey, it's gonna be -12F tonight; that furnace'll feel good! :D

[Dan]

I'll bet! Brrrrr.

And there sat Bob, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar;
And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and said: "Please close that door.
It's fine in here, but I greatly fear, you'll let in the cold and storm —
Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been warm."

http://www.potw.org/archive/potw22.html


Dan

[Iron_Mike]

So long they don't name it after a famous volcano, all is alright (who wants another Krakatoa or St. Helen?)

Edit

I meant Krakatoa, not Maunaloa. One is a volcano, and the other is a region.


Actually Mauna Loa is a volcano and since Krakatoa blew it's top, the new one is called "son of Krakatoa" ....... :D

[Iron_Mike]

famous fedora-wearing characters?

F10 - Humphry Bogart


Got my vote....... :D

[CrackedLCD]

It will be interesting to see what our graphics folks come up with on this one and at least computers haven't yet based anything on our sense of smell, so we're lucky this time.

Sounds putrid. I seriously hope they don't try to go with some awful yellow-hued theme.

[Thetargos]

I don't think there will be a yello theme any time soon, Blue is Fedora's color, and has been pretty much since the beginning, so I expect the art team to stick to a blue-ish theme.

[forkbomb]

Sounds putrid. I seriously hope they don't try to go with some awful yellow-hued theme.
Couldn't be any worse than Gleaming Ubuntu Brown. (If I had a car company, I'd start making cars in that hue right now. :cool: )

[Evil_Bert]

Moonshine is-a name of a movie, which was the relationship to Werewolf. How arbitrary can you get? At this point I declare the silly rules aren't even self consistent. Name of is OK, but constituent of isn't?

Make up whatever names you want, people. I think I'll stick to F10. :)