ubuntugeek is doing it too...

[NoaHall]

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-10-4-lucid-alpha-1-is-coming-on-10th-december-2009.html

Look at the version of ubuntu. 10.4? It should be 10.04.
Otherwise, the masses will just use the wrong terms from now on.

[clanky]

Oh noes!

[Skripka]

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-10-4-lucid-alpha-1-is-coming-on-10th-december-2009.html

Look at the version of ubuntu. 10.4? It should be 10.04.
Otherwise, the masses will just use the wrong terms from now on.

Is there a 40th month to get April confused with?

[FuturePilot]

My pet peeve

[NoaHall]

Is there a 40th month to get April confused with?

No, but it sure doesn't exist. And neither does that version of Ubuntu.

[chucky chuckaluck]

a pm to those concerned might have sufficed.

[amazingtaters]

What a kickass birthday present, a new Ubuntu Alpha!

[NoaHall]

a pm to those concerned might have sufficed.

And who would that be?

[t0p]

a pm to those concerned might have sufficed.

No, public ridicule wins every time. *points and laughs at ubuntugeek*

[Skripka]

And who would that be?

The name is in the URL....

[RiceMonster]

I prefer Ubuntu 9.1

[NoaHall]

Oh. Doh. Oh well, sent a message to the site.
I didn't mean to ridicule, or anything like that. Merely state that it was wrong, and that even websites like that are going along with the newbie-style naming of versions.

[ticopelp]

Is it really that likely to meaningfully confuse people?

[red_Marvin]

As I see it the number is closer to a date than a version, so why does it matter.
I usually zero pad my hex numbers, but a whole thread, really?

[NoaHall]

As I see it the number is closer to a date than a version, so why does it matter.
I usually zero pad my hex numbers, but a whole thread, really?

Because it's called 10.04, not 10.4 . 04 != 4.

[forrestcupp]

But he didn't write 10.40; he wrote 10.4.

It's not necessarily decimal format. The point could just be a separator. If it is, 10.4 would mean something completely different than 10.40 and could still mean the 4th month of 2010.

Sure, it's wrong, but it's not really that big of a deal. According to his web site, it was just a typo anyway.

[NoaHall]

I know. It's using it as a separator. Because it means the month, not a number. It's a number applied to a concept, so you can not just use it as a number.

[murderslastcrow]

I've seen way too many misspellings in even professional blogs lately to take some people seriously. If you're typing so fast you don't notice your errors, you're either not very informed on the subject matter/don't care about the subject matter/typing too much information/a rabid fanboy.

10.4 suggests they don't understand the naming mechanism. But I would expect a blog based on Ubuntu to handle that a bit better.

[chucky chuckaluck]

And who would that be?

the two or three people who care.



No, public ridicule wins every time. *points and laughs at ubuntugeek*

well, when you put it that way...

[joey-elijah]

To be fair to UbuntuGeek, they copy and paste their content from elsewhere so it's not their error.

[jpeddicord]

The name is in the URL....

And who would that be?
FYI: ubuntugeek.com has nothing to do with the popular forum administrator ubuntu-geek (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1).


To be fair to UbuntuGeek, they copy and paste their content from elsewhere so it's not their error.

Personal opinion: this is what annoys me the most. Their content is pulled from external sources and slightly modified. Where's the originality?

[NoaHall]

FYI: ubuntugeek.com has nothing to do with the popular forum administrator ubuntu-geek (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1).



Personal opinion: this is what annoys me the most. Their content is pulled from external sources and slightly modified. Where's the originality?

Ubuntu-news is more annoying. They just post links.

[lisati]

I prefer Ubuntu 9.1

Was there a release in January?

[NoaHall]

Was there a release in January?

Yes, apparently. Not to mention the mythical release 904 that sudoer951(or whatever) is using.

[murderslastcrow]

True, true. @_@ Demmz blogguhz needzuh get dair werdz rait.