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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. :blink:

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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.

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! (Y)

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

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

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

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

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