It looks like Ubuntu 23.04 will use code name 'lunar lobster'...

[KGIII]

There was some speculation yesterday, but I decided to check chat. The testing page hasn't updated yet, but folks in chat are indicating that it's either 'lunar lobster' or there's a whole lot of people who are gonna be wrong. So, if they're wrong I am wrong.

(This is information from a public chat, #ubuntu-flavors, so it's public information.)

As someone in Maine, I like the idea of 'lunar lobster'.

 

[Brickwizard]

I like the idea of 'lunar lobster'.

Na. Loony Lobster would be better

 

[KGIII]

I dunno if they'll use the word 'loony', but it could happen.

 

[MikeWalsh]

I can't help thinking the previous "L"......10.04 LTS 'Lucid Lynx'.....just sounded a hell of a lot better, somehow. Ubuntu's code names this last few years are going from the sublime to the ridiculous!!


Mike.

 

[KGIII]

I kinda like the lunar, as we move into a time (in *my* hemisphere) where the moon rules the day. I also like the lobster, 'cause I'm in a state famous for lobsters (Maine, USA).

Also, here's some more confirmation:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586111438736728064

 

[CrazedNerd]

I can't help thinking the previous "L"......10.04 LTS 'Lucid Lynx'.....just sounded a hell of a lot better, somehow. Ubuntu's code names this last few years are going from the sublime to the ridiculous!!


Mike.

Hmmm, i don't think "jammy jellyfish" is really any more rediculous than "warty warthog", but a lunar lobster would certainly be the silliest. Maybe they should rename kali "lobster attack".

 

[KGIII]

If lobsters ever attack, it's gonna be delicious!

Also, names start with the same letter. So, lobster attack would be LA and not a valid selection. That's why it's things like Impish Indri. We also really only use the first word for a lot of stuff. That means this one will be known as 'lunar' at sites like the testing tracker.

 

[guiverc]

The only part of the name I worry about is the first part, ie. how easy is it for me to starting typing "lunar" given that's the codename I'll be typing 600+ times during the development cycle, plus numerous times post-release (esp. if a LTS release).

eoan & hirsute were words I really sort of needed to learn, meaning I made the odd typos early in the cycle, but they also helped me increase my vocabulary slightly too

 

[KGIII]

I'll be typing 600+ times during the development cycle, plus numerous times post-release (esp. if a LTS release).

By then, you'll have it ingrained as muscle memory!

(Only to have to turn around and learn another one when we get to M.)

 

[MikeWalsh]

Hmmm, i don't think "jammy jellyfish" is really any more rediculous than "warty warthog", but a lunar lobster would certainly be the silliest. Maybe they should rename kali "lobster attack".

Heh. Yah; fair comment.... If I'm perfectly honest, the one that cracked me up the most was 7.10 : "Gutsy Gibbon". I still p**s myself laughing every time I recall that one; it just tickles my 'funny-bone' the wrong way!


Mike.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Do you think he was gusty rather than gutsy, Mike?

 

[SpongebobFan1994]

How about Larry the Lobster?

 

[CrazedNerd]

Do you think he was gusty rather than gutsy, Mike?

In terms of talking or farting too much?

 

[KGIII]

Ah yes... Turning a perfectly good announcement thread into a fart joke thread.

Only on Linux.org!