Interesting naming. :D Thanks or the info. On 11/27/06, Jamil Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you ever wondered where the strange Debian code names come from? > > If you are new to Linux, you will often see references to "sarge" (the > current stable version 3.1), "etch" (the upcoming new release 4.0), > "lenny" (the new name for the testing release after "etch", probably > version 4.1) or "sid" (the perpetual development branch, also called > "unstable"). As any seasoned Debian user will tell you, all these > names come from an animation film called Toy Story [0], originally > released in 1995. With the exception of Sid and a few other human > characters in the movie, they refer to toys. But with a new name > assigned to each new Debian release, what happens once Debian uses up > all the names? There is no reason to worry about that at the moment - > with the project's stable releases coming at rather lengthy intervals > and with a large number of available toy characters [1], Debian is > unlikely to run out of code names for at least another half a century! > > [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Toy_Story_characters > >
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