Red Hat Distro Code-Naming Scheme? 35
mozart in mirrorshades asks: "Okay, I know that there is a naming convention that is used by RedHat for the distro code-names. I asked some Redhat guys at the Atlanta Linux Showcase (hey Rob!) how the names were linked and they refused to tell me. Apparently there's a link between each pair of names (eg: Cartman(RH6.1) and Lorax(RH6.2?) are both cartoon characters?). Could someone please shed some light on this so I can put an end to my quest?"
history (Score:3)
6.0 = hedwig
5.2 = apollo
5.1 = manhattan
5.0 = hurricane
4.2 = biltmore
4.1 = vanderbilt
4.0 = colgate
(not too sure about the number for these last two)
3.1? = the holloween release
3.0? = the mothers' day release
these seem to have a pattern within a release... 6.x are cartoon figures (Marc Ewing is marc@elmer-fudd.redhat.com and marc@tweety.redhat.com)
5.x were WWII fighter planes (Elliot Lee is sopwith@redhat.com) (also drinks)
4.x were industrialists? (also universities)
3.x were holidays
I'm sure there are more patterns not only in here, but also in the mapping of beta name to release name.
Re:history (Score:3)
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names, but RHL 6.0's distribution, named Hedwig
is named after Harry Potter's owl (his "familiar")
in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone",
which is presently sitting at #3 on the New York
Times best seller list. I know because I'm reading it to my 8-year old, and I'm adminstering
a web site for the Dawson College Computer Science
Department that runs RHL 6.0 on a server called
obelix.dawsoncollege.qc.ca, named after the character Obelix in the Asterix series by Goscinny
and Uderzo (very popular in French-speaking
Quebec).
Re:Lorax (a bit offtopic) (Score:1)
The Lorax was a Dr. Seuss character who builds a factory that makes something out of some type of plant. The Lorax eventually exhausts the natural resources (the plant) and emits too much smog, etc.
It is a very good story, you should (re)read it sometime. One of my professors read it in class to show an example of allegory.
If you are interested in similar stories, you can try something like Gulliver's Travels (wonder if Yahoo got its name from the book, or if they just didn't spell "Yee-haw" correctly).
dave.
Connection! (Score:1)
I'd have to say Snoopy. Or maybe Mel Blanc.
Re:history (Score:3)
You are right (Score:1)
Imagine.. an AC who knows stuff
Thanks again,
Dave.
Yahoo! (Score:1)
-Ender
Re:Yahoo! (Score:1)
For the record, it's "Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle".
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Re:history (Score:1)
Also, Vandy isn't a women's college (see http://www.vanderbilt/edu/facts ). It's nearly 50-50 male/female.
Re:history (Score:1)
manhattan->apollo=two gargantuan projects: the Bomb and the moon shot
hurricane->manhattan=I dunno, the British WW2 fighter and the Bomb? I doubt it . . .
(Are we sure Hedwig isn't a reference to Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a "rock musical"?)
BTW, if you like this sort of puzzle, the Onion's "Cultural Idiocy" quiz may be right up your alley.
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Re:Picasso, Rembrandt = painters (Score:1)
What we've come to so far (Score:1)
6.2 = lorax
6.1 = cartman
6.0 = hedwig
5.9 = starbuck
5.2 = apollo
5.1 = manhattan
5.0 = hurricane
4.2 = biltmore
4.1 = vanderbilt
4.0 = colgate
And the connections we've come to so far are:
4.0 -> 4.1 - Colgate, Vanderbilt = Womens' colleges
4.1 -> 4.2 - Vanderbilt, Biltmore = Famous hotels in NY
4.2 -> 5.0 - Biltmore, Hurricane = (?)
5.0 -> 5.1 - Hurricane, Manhattan = Alcoholic beverages
5.1 -> 5.2 - Manhattan, Apollo = The two projects: the a-bomb and the moon landing
5.2 -> 5.9 - Apollo, Starbuck = Battlestar Galactica characters
5.9 -> 6.0 - Starbuck, Hedwig = Figure skating champions
6.0 -> 6.2 - Hedwig, Lorax = Dr. Seuss characters
6.1 -> 6.2 - Cartman, Lorax = The cartoon connection?
Re:history (Score:1)
I can't spot a name for version 2.1 ("Red hat Commercial Linux").
Re:What we've come to so far (Score:1)
Biltmore (Score:1)
Moby Dick (anti-trancendentalism) (Score:1)
Re:What we've come to so far (Score:1)
Re:Lorax (a bit offtopic) (Score:1)
Lorax book [amazon.com]
Lorax video [amazon.com]
Origami Slayer
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Of course, this is very off-topic anyway... (But what about Debian?)
/* Steinar */
Cartman Lorax (Score:1)
"It's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippie crap!"
And the Lorax's line was:
"I am the Lorax; I speak for the trees."
Hmm.
good one (Score:1)