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Re:Linux 4.0 by gabeio on Monday April 13, 2015 @12:09AM (#9365915)
Fedora recently ditched naming the versions themselves the community can name if it they wish. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/201...
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Re:Linux 4.0 by coldpie on Monday April 13, 2015 @08:34AM (#9367224)
> Fedora recently ditched naming the versions

Thank fucking God. I loathe version names. Place these in release date order: Lion, Snow Leopard, and Tiger. Now, place these in release order: 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8. Which do you find communicated more useful information?

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Re:Linux 4.0 by tsm on Monday April 13, 2015 @09:33AM (#9367469)
Why not have both?

I find Intrepid Ibex, Gutsy Gibbon, Feisty Fawn, Hardy Heron, etc. to be quite sortable.

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Re:Linux 4.0 by dchest on Monday April 13, 2015 @10:16AM (#9367716)
I always forget which Ubuntu name I'm using, even though I remember the number :-/
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Re:Linux 4.0 by mixmastamyk on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @09:47PM (#9378453)
Until the one after Zany Zebra.
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Re:Linux 4.0 by vdaniuk on Monday April 13, 2015 @09:29AM (#9367451)
Dude, version name is a great vessel for branding and promotion. Most distros have version names and version numbers, it's not hard to dereference a version name and they serve a purpose.

More brand awareness for open source projects == good.

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Re:Linux 4.0 by jazzdev on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @12:14PM (#9375297)
Historically the name came first. Engineering would start working on a new version, Foo, and later on Marketing would decide it if was going to be 1.3 or 2.0

At least that's how it worked in commercial software. Now the names have taken on a life of their own.

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