What's with the Ubuntu version titles?

[chopin1810]

Why does Ubuntu use names like Hoary and Warty? I don't want to use it now, the name sounds like some horrible disease that results in loss of fingers or something...

[aysiu]

Well, the next release is in a month, and it's called Breezy Badger. I don't know if that's more to your tastes...

[chopin1810]

No, Breezy Badger just sounds like some corny Disney movie.

[St. Joe]

Why does Ubuntu use names like Hoary and Warty?

Heh. Just call it 5.04 instead of Hoary.
That's really what it is anyway.

[chopin1810]

I wonder what somebody would say if I walked up to them in public and said "I have Ubuntu Hoary.". They'd probably run away. Really. This is bad for publicity.

[Vergil83]

I justed noticed it is mammalian alliteration naming.

I think it is just to make it more memorable. People have enough problems with xp pro and home, let alone Ubuntu 4.05, kernel blah, blah, blah.....

[genesus]

I've been trying to figure this out...alliteration?

[St. Joe]

I wonder what somebody would say if I walked up to them in public and said "I have Ubuntu Hoary.".

You'd probably get the same reaction from, "I have Debian Etch".

[chopin1810]

Nah, Debian Etch sounds like some document editing program. Now, LaTeX just reminds me of condoms. In fact I can remember in high school that "latex" was locker-room slang for condom. I wonder what reaction I'd get these days after saying "I have latex!".

[St. Joe]

Etch sounds to me like some horribly contagious skin disease.