Ubuntu 11.10 named Oneiric Ocelot(markshuttleworth.com)
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Ubuntu 11.10 named Oneiric Ocelot
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>It's much easier to remember 10.10
The oddball names aid greatly as search markers. 10.10 is not a great differentiating search term in computing whilst "maverick" (or indeed "meerkat") doesn't often appear alongside "wifi setup" (or whatever) except in pages referring to ?Ubuntu.
"Oneiric ocelot" seems to be going too far in searching out little used vocab though - who knows how to pronounce or spell oneiric?
>[Mark:] "The pronunciation is like “an-EAR-rick”."
But dictionary.com tells me it should be "oh-nay-rick" and their sound bite is "oh-nai-rik" (in my pronounciation). Given the Greek origins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneiros) I'd go with on-eye-ross and hence on-eye-rick.
The oddball names aid greatly as search markers. 10.10 is not a great differentiating search term in computing whilst "maverick" (or indeed "meerkat") doesn't often appear alongside "wifi setup" (or whatever) except in pages referring to ?Ubuntu.
"Oneiric ocelot" seems to be going too far in searching out little used vocab though - who knows how to pronounce or spell oneiric?
>[Mark:] "The pronunciation is like “an-EAR-rick”."
But dictionary.com tells me it should be "oh-nay-rick" and their sound bite is "oh-nai-rik" (in my pronounciation). Given the Greek origins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneiros) I'd go with on-eye-ross and hence on-eye-rick.
cat /etc/lsb-release
It strikes me as distinctly odd for a flagship open source distro to have a "skunk works," never mind what they produce.
I was wondering the same too. Anyone have any info on this?
Well, at least they didn't name it Django.
o·nei·ric/ōˈnīrik/
Adjective: Of or relating to dreams or dreaming.
OK, this should be a fairly easy term to google.
OK, this should be a fairly easy term to google.
I knew what Oneiric was, but not Ocelot. It seems to be a kind of leopard native to Central and Southern America.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot
Maybe a little smaller than a leopard. :)
Ocelot: The ocelot ranges from 68 to 100 centimetres (27 to 39 in) in length, plus 26 to 45 centimetres (10 to 18 in) tail length, and typically weighs 8 to 18 kilograms (18 to 40 lb)
Leopard: Head and body length is between 125 and 165 cm (49 and 65 in), and the tail reaches 60 to 110 cm (24 to 43 in). Shoulder height is 45 to 80 cm (18 to 31 in). Males are about 30% larger than females, weighing 30 to 91 kg (66 to 200 lb) compared to 23 to 60 kg (51 to 130 lb) for females.
Ocelot: The ocelot ranges from 68 to 100 centimetres (27 to 39 in) in length, plus 26 to 45 centimetres (10 to 18 in) tail length, and typically weighs 8 to 18 kilograms (18 to 40 lb)
Leopard: Head and body length is between 125 and 165 cm (49 and 65 in), and the tail reaches 60 to 110 cm (24 to 43 in). Shoulder height is 45 to 80 cm (18 to 31 in). Males are about 30% larger than females, weighing 30 to 91 kg (66 to 200 lb) compared to 23 to 60 kg (51 to 130 lb) for females.
> The objective is to capture the essence of our next six months work in a simple name.
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
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Reminds me of Otto's Mops:
http://audiopoetry.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/ottos-mops/
It's much easier to remember 10.10 (released 2010 October) than whatever year Monkey, Bat, Cow or Hedgehog came out.