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[+Mephistopheles]

Fedora 18 release name

Thank you to everyone who participated in voting for the Fedora 18
release name. The name for Fedora 18, the follow-up to Beefy Miracle,
is:

Spherical Cow

Voting period: Friday 2012-04-20 00:00:00 to Friday 2012-04-27 00:00:00
Number of valid ballots cast: 429

Using the range voting method, each candidate could attain a maximum
of (429*8) = 3,432

Results:

Votes :: Name
-------------------------------
1359 :: Spherical Cow
1087 :: Halva
1072 :: Chamoy
1035 :: Pamukkale
964 :: Tandoori Chicken
930 :: Frankfurter
821 :: Pop Soda
536 :: Ketchy Ketchup

-Robyn

Source: Fedora Announce mailing list

And here I thought 'Beefy Miracle' for Fedora 17 is silly.

[.Neo]

And then they wonder why consumers don't take desktop Linux seriously.

[CGBS]

.Neo, on 01 May 2012 - 17:33, said:

And then they wonder why consumers don't take desktop Linux seriously.

What's the problem with having some humor?

It's not the actual official name anyways; it's just the code name.

[Miuku.]

.Neo, on 01 May 2012 - 17:33, said:

And then they wonder why consumers don't take desktop Linux seriously.

I personally don't really give two ****s whether some random consumer who barely knows how to tie their shoe takes Linux seriously or not, they can keep using Windows and pay every time their box gets compromised.

I only care whether it gets the job done and for the things I use it for, it does better than anything else.

[Gaara sama]

i cant wait to get my hand on it !!!

[threetonesun]

.Neo, on 01 May 2012 - 17:33, said:

And then they wonder why consumers don't take desktop Linux seriously.

You're right, they should not only name but MARKET all of their releases after cats. Then we'll take them seriously.

[.Neo]

MiukuMac, on 03 May 2012 - 15:04, said:

I personally don't really give two ****s whether some random consumer who barely knows how to tie their shoe takes Linux seriously or not, they can keep using Windows and pay every time their box gets compromised.

That's basically the attitude much of the Linux community has and also part of the reason why Linux on the desktop just won't get off the ground. Keep it up!

CGBS, on 03 May 2012 - 15:01, said:

It's not the actual official name anyways; it's just the code name.

Okay, in that case it isn't so bad.

threetonesun, on 03 May 2012 - 15:15, said:

You're right, they should not only name but MARKET all of their releases after cats. Then we'll take them seriously.

You're bringing OS X into this why? Anyway, last time I checked OS X did a lot better than desktop Linux.

[The Dark Knight]

threetonesun, on 03 May 2012 - 15:15, said:

You're right, they should not only name but MARKET all of their releases after cats. Then we'll take them seriously.

ROFL!!