Favorite OS naming scheme?

[days_of_ruin]

Ubuntu: version number is based on date, code name is alphabetical and always based on animals.

OS X: Based on big cats.

Windows: No apparent pattern.

Or are there other os/distros naming schemes that you like?

[lisati]

I kinda like the Ubuntu system of a number based on the release date (gives in indication of the age), and a "code name" based on animals (friendly and a source of fun). It's better than the numbering/naming scheme of some of the mainframes I used many years ago, which didn't really mean much.

[days_of_ruin]

Whoops! wrong tab. I meant to put this in community cafe.
Guess I'll ask the mods to move it.

[Sef]

so moved.

[Peasantoid]

I like Ubuntu's, it's sort of whimsical.
OS X <-- Meh.
Windows <-- Meh.
Would quite like to have a distro named for fish, though. :)

[r3x]

the naming scheme of ubuntu is way better then mac osx and windows. its fun and we can know when the version was released.

[SunnyRabbiera]

yes I am rather fond of Ubuntu's scheme, I also like Debian's naming scheme too (all Toy Story characters)
OSX's big cat naming scheme is also quite good.
Windows has an awful naming scheme

[Peasantoid]

Heheh...Longhorn...heheh...
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[CharmyBee]

Windows because the confusion from it is amusing

"Windows ME = Windows 2000!!! I CAN PROVE IT"

[LookTJ]

I like Ubuntu's naming scheme. It's just easier and simpler to read and remember for me.

[SunnyRabbiera]

Windows because the confusion from it is amusing

"Windows ME = Windows 2000!!! I CAN PROVE IT"

But ME and 2000 are night and day, 2000 was functional, stable and perhaps the best Microsoft OS ever made.
ME is the demon son of Satan, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein and Steve Ballmer ;)

[amingv]

Ubuntu's is good, but I like Linux Mint's better.

Women's names FTW!

[samjh]

For most Linux distros, "names" are code names.

Officially, a distro release should be identified by version number (eg. Ubuntu 9.04, Debian 5.0, Slackware 10, OpenSUSE 11, etc.), not the code names.

I'd say MacOS code names are pretty cool: Tiger, Leopard, etc.
Windows sounds more professional, but they've had some shockers: Longhorn, ME.
Fedora names are quite good too. Short and quirky, but sounds serious enough to not be embarrassed about.

[SunnyRabbiera]

Ubuntu's is good, but I like Linux Mint's better.

Women's names FTW!

Yes I like mints scheme too

[Bölvaður]

none.

but I do like the release number scheme with year + month.

[Rokurosv]

I like version naming like 12.2 or 2.3

[amingv]

Yes I like mints scheme too


That and if you're an unengaged male you can tell your friends "I gotta go, got to spend some time with Celena".

And then when they ask you "are you still with Celena?" you can tell them "Nah, I'm rocking Elyssa right now" without actually lying! It's the lonesome geek/social inept's paradise!

[chucky chuckaluck]

i don't really like the name 'ubuntu', but the naming scheme is good, silly fun.

[Methuselah]

Love the quirky codenames and the release number is a simple year-month scheme.

[DoktorSeven]

Debian. Toy Story is awesome.

[lovinglinux]

Would quite like to have a distro named for fish, though. :)

Windows Vista would be "Bloated Mola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mola_Mola)" :lolflag:

[TheSlipstream]

I really like the whole places thing Windows does. Especially Vienna, doesn't that just give you images of a beautiful, elegant operating system? It does for me, at least. It's a shame they didn't call it that for the final. Longhorn is kinda lame, but Whistler and Memphis et al. are very nice names.

[vishzilla]

Ubuntu's is good.. easy to remember.. i like reading Mark Shuttleworth's annoucements in the mailing lists

[Phreaker]

I like Ubuntu's way of naming their releases.
With the number scheme I can always tell if it's supported and by the name most people can remember it more easily

[Giant Speck]

If I was to choose among the naming schemes of Ubuntu, OS X, and Windows, I would choose Ubuntu.

The overall naming scheme of Windows sucks, but only because they keep changing it. At first, it was nice, because the name corresponded the version of the NT kernel (3.0, 3.1, 4.0). Then they changed their naming scheme to years (98, 95, 2000), which was even better. You knew what year the operating system was released. Then they changed it again! They gave us acroyms: ME and XP. Boring! But it wasn't long until they changed their naming scheme once more! To Vista. Vista would have been the start of a really great naming scheme. However, with this new release, they are changing it once more! To 7.

OS X's naming scheme is nice, with its use of giant cats, but the names themselves don't give the consumer any information about when the operating system was released. Pretty soon, it's going to be difficult to put the large list of cats in correct order. And what is Apple going to do if they run out of cat names?

Ubuntu's naming scheme is brilliant, if you ignore the silly animal names (:p). Just kidding. Even the animal names are helpful. The version scheme is smart because it not only tells a user which version is newer, but also tells that user the month and year that it was released. The anminal names are mainly for fun, but because they are in alphabetical order, they also help a user determine which version is newer.

[Mazza558]

Won't Apple eventually run out of big cat names?

[sertse]

In Apples defence aren't cat names just the sub-naming schemes of "OSX"?

Snow Leopard being 10.6, Leopard 10.5, Tiger 10.4 etc.. OSX itself standing for OS "10" where there were Mac OS editions (9,8,7...) previously.

There'll eventually be a OS 11 or OSXI is it continues...

[Giant Speck]

Won't Apple eventually run out of big cat names?

Perhaps they'll go for a new naming scheme upon the release of MacOS 11.

[SuperSonic4]

I prefer date on it's own with no codename. For example it is easy to see that Arch 2009.02 is newer than Arch 2008.06

[Giant Speck]

I prefer date on it's own with no codename. For example it is easy to see that Arch 2009.02 is newer than Arch 2008.06

I usually refer to Ubuntu only by its version number (8.04, 8.10, 9.04) and not by its code name.

[gnomeuser]

I kinda like naming schemes that aren't. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, that's all I need, no retarded movie references, no stupid animal mashups.

Your product and the version you ship, please nothing more. If there is a major upgrade that is not a major release, call it a service pack. SLED11 SP1.

[Coffee3133]

Would quite like to have a distro named for fish, though. :)

Ubuntu 12.10 Salty Salmon? JK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Coffee3133

[SunnyRabbiera]

I kinda like naming schemes that aren't. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, that's all I need, no retarded movie references, no stupid animal mashups.

Your product and the version you ship, please nothing more. If there is a major upgrade that is not a major release, call it a service pack. SLED11 SP1.


Yeh SP really served microsoft... #-o:rolleyes:

[Peasantoid]

Ubuntu 12.10 Salty Salmon? JK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually, that's perfect! :)

[Twitch6000]

I like OpenSuse's.Mandriva's,and PclinuxOS's best.

Why?

Because they are straight to the point...

PClinuxOS2007 2008(minime) 2009 etc...

Mandriva 2008 2009 etc..

OpenSuse 10 11

Very easy to remember...

[Christmas]

Voted other.

Ubuntu's naming scheme is OK and pretty full of inventiveness, but I always liked a classic naming scheme. I prefer Debian's scheme (codenames are took from the Toy Story characters):

...
3.1 codenamed 'Sarge'
4.0 codenamed 'Etch'
5.0 codenamed 'Lenny'

[calrogman]

Women's names FTW!

Women's names ending in "a" FTW!

[dennis123123]

Personally I really dislike the Ubuntu naming scheme, *imho* it makes it sound immature. A year/number makes for a much cleaner and more professional sounding name. Either that or a single word, even the MS codenames are better (Neptune,Blackcomb,Whistler,Chicago) Think about it:

Ubuntu 11.6
Ubuntu 2010
- or -
Ubuntu Lugubrious Lemur

Which one *wouldn't* you want to tell people you were using? (FYI, LL name came from http://friendfeed.com/e/114aec62-84f6-4b1a-8ec3-9709a7877cce/Why-are-Ubuntu-names-so-stupid-sounding-Gutsy/ )

Maybe I am too fussy for names, but then again, it is the reason I choose not to use Ubuntu. But linux is linux! :)

[Giant Speck]

Personally I really dislike the Ubuntu naming scheme, *imho* it makes it sound immature. A year/number makes for a much cleaner and more professional sounding name.

Ubuntu already does that:

8.04 = released in April 2008
8.10 = released in October 2008
9.04 = released in April 2009
9.10 = to be released in October 2009

The animal names are not official names for the releases. Rather, they are development codenames. The names are so popular, however, that they are commonly used to refer to the actual release as well.

[Eisenwinter]

I don't like codenames.

I prefer version numbers to be "classic". (aka 2.9.6 or something)

[Namtabmai]

I'd like a distro that uses naming schemes based on the md5 of the final release cd.

If only to see them try and figure out how to put the name on to the cd.

[nathang1392]

i dont know where ubuntu be gettin their animals. wtf is an ibex? i want 9.10 to be kickin kangaroo.

[xuCGC002]

I really like Debian's naming scheme as I was a fan of Toy Story when I was a wee lad, but Ubuntu's scheme has to be the best. I appreciate how it tells you exactly when each version was released and which one is the newest.

I do like Mandriva's naming scheme also, which, like Ubuntu, tells you the latest version.

[amingv]

i dont know where ubuntu be gettin their animals. wtf is an ibex? i want 9.10 to be kickin kangaroo.

Karmic Koala, better luck for the next one. :)
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-February/000536.html

[pbpersson]

Heheh...Longhorn...heheh...
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Microsoft uses names like Longhorn, Whistler, and Blackcomb.

Take a look at this page (http://restaurants.whistlerblackcomb.com/0/1/Default.aspx?dmdid=22&rid=13751) and you might have an idea where these names are coming from