They are based on consecutive initial letters starting with Ubuntu 6.06
LTS (Dapper Drake). It's a good thing John provided the Wikipedia link,
because the cross-reference between names and numbers is not easy to
find on the Ubuntu web site.
--
Regards, Gord Tomlin
Action Software International
(a division of Mazda Computer Corporation)
Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507
On 2012-06-27 14:01, Phil Smith wrote:
Gord Tomlin wrote:
To each his own, but I can't begin to tell you how much I hate Canonical's
method of naming releases. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is much more meaningful (to me,
anyway) than Precise Pangolin. I have a hard time even remembering that the
release I'm running is known as Precise Pangolin.
Yeah. If they were at least alphabetical ("Ardent Aardvark", followed by "Bumbly Bee", etc.),
there'd be some small information, but "cute" and "useful" aren't the same...
...phsiii
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