Posted on Thursday 19th of October 2006 at 05:46 in Linux

Ubuntu Naming Convention A-Z

It occurred to me this morning while reading the rumour of Ubuntu 7.06 being called "Feisty Fawn" that the Ubuntu naming conventions are inconsistent at best. It *looks* alphabetic, but it just isn't, Warty Warthog, Hoary Hedgehog, Breezy Badger, Dapper Drake, Edgy Eft, Feisty Fawn... Not only does "Fawn" translate into "Fag" in Brazilian but I long for a consistent naming convention. Updated: - that 'fag' comment is incorrect, and it's Portugese spoken in Brazil.

While some of my associates dislike the Ubuntu naming conventions I find them charming and light hearted in a way that can only help establish brand image. But it does bother me that they can't stick to a strict alphabetical scheme! I assume this is because they have problems finding appropriate names...

So, I have devised my own spanning the entire alphabet (using the existing names where applicable):

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Alliterating Aardvark
Breezy Badger
Chronic Caterpillar
Dapper Drake
Edgy Eft
Feisty Fawn
Gregarious Goat
Hoary Hedgehog
Ignited Ibis
Jumping Jaguar
Knocked Kitten
Lifeless Lemming (probably not a popular release)
Massive Mole
Naughty Newt
Operational Ostrich
Prosperous Panda
Questionable Quail
Rambunctious Rat
Stupendous Snake
Tricky Toad
Ubiquitous Uacari (they exist, view a picture here)
Versatile Vulture
Warty Warthog
X ? whatever! UPDATE X-Rayed Xenops (nice work Brian)
Yummy Yak
Zealous Zebra

While I doubt that Ubuntu would pick it up, those seem to be reasonable suggestions.

Do you have a better one? If so, comment it up.

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A few more alternatives:
* lairy lemming
* ululating uakari
* xenophilous xygote
* yellow yoghurt

darmis

Terrifying Tux

See that would be cool..
Or just anything ending with tux, you know why ;)

Tobias Petersen

I find some objectionable...

... Hoary Hedgehog sounds like "Whorey..."... and

"Knocked Kitten" sounds like "Pregnant Pussy".

Eric

expanding on that theme.... Nuclear Newt

Tim

Zinedine Zidane :-)

jgani

Here’s my variation:

Alliterating Alligator
Breezy Badger
Crazy Cougar
Dapper Drake
Edgy Eft
Feisty Fawn
Gutsy Gibbon
Hoary Hedgehog
Illustrious Ibis
Jagged Jaguar
Kooky Kangaroo
Leaping Lemur
Mischievous Monkey
Naughty Newt
Optimistic Otter
Powerful Penguin
Quaint Quail
Realistic Racoon
Slippery Swordfish
Tremendous Tucan
Unitary Unicorn
Villianous Vulture
Warty Warthog
Xenophobic Xenops
Yellow Yak
Zesty Zebra

Ryan

Trying to be silly:

Addled Ankole
Busted Bear
Cracked Chinchilla
Dopey Dik-Dik
Furious Ferret
Goofy Guinea Hen
Half-Arsed Hippopotamus
Ignorant Impala
Jerkey Jaguar
Killer Koala (from Hell)
Lost Lemur
Masticated Manatee (on my shoe)
Naughty Niglai
Outrageous Ocelot
Rubber Rhea
Silent Serval (hey, I like that one)
Tapped Tapir (When mounting the crankset, do you or do you not grease the tapir?)
Ursine Ungulate (it\’s what the toughest guy in the saloon has tied outside)
Vapid Vicuna
Xenial Xenodocheionologist (humans are animals too)
Zombified Zebu

Boyle M. Owl

Bondage bear?

Cook

Great Naming.. maybe i will ask you a suggestion for YouLinux Distribution (www.youlinux.org) in the near future.

Ken Joy

Ok so only how many more releases will Ubuntu have before reaching the End of the distribution lifecycle because they run out of alphabet letters?

I like the Rambunctious (whatever it means) Rat a lot.
Fawn isn’t a word in Portuguese (the Brazillian language doesn’t exist)...

J.Monteiro

For the L release I recommend Lofty Llama, muche better than a Lifeless Lemming. :-)

Craig

Fawn, as it is written and pronounced is NOT associated with homosexuality in Brazil, although the animal (dear) is associalted. However, one does not expect that each and ever culture, with it’s intricacies and nuances, will be known. Give them a break, this naming isn’t even official. Then again, in Brazil people do not speak "brazilian", they speak portuguese.
Cheers.

Pereira

I like Precocious Penguin better than Precious P.

Ursus

Sorry to spoil your fun but here is an explanation to the naming scheme and why they didn’t start going alphabetically before Dapper. It also contains the official listing of possible "adjectives + animals" sorted by letter. You’ll probably find most of your suggestions are already there:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames?highlight=%28names%29

Cheers! (^_^)/cU

Tenrou

x - whatever !
i would love to see that one

nephish

Precious Penquin

lapkat

Mystic Meerkat
Risky Rat
Perky Platapus

Waterrat

> the rumour of Ubuntu 7.06 being called "Feisty Fawn"

FYI, its 7.04 and its not a rumor; SABDFL himself announced it: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2006-October/000212.html

Limulus

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