I never thought about plants and space and stuff, Isis just sounded right. A question I have is wallpapers. I don't want to have a community wallpaper contest like Ubuntu, because, well, Ubuntu's wallpapers are rubbish. But is Dan gonna choose all the walls or do developers and designers etc get a say? On Aug 16, 2013 9:48 PM, "Avi Romanoff" <a...@elementaryos.org> wrote:
> As I've said before, +1 for Isis :) > > I can just hear the multitudes saying "WHAT??? BUT I THOUGHT THE NAMING > SCHEME WAS BASED ON PLANTS AND SPACE AND STUFF!" > > It will be good to set the record straight ;) > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Allen Lowe <lallenl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Isis sounds great to me! >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:50 PM, A. "Xylon" V. <avlabs...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Just to clarify on my last mail, Iris is the Greek Goddess of the >>> Rainbow. And, well, elementary is colourful :) >>> On Aug 16, 2013 8:45 PM, "A. "Xylon" V." <avlabs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I don't like isis. What about Iris? >>>> On Aug 16, 2013 8:33 PM, "Albert Abril" <albert.ab...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm new at the maillist, >>>>> but just wanna say that I like a lot the name of Isis. >>>>> >>>>> Bests, >>>>> Albert. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 16 August 2013 21:27, Cassidy James <cass...@elementaryos.org>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I like the sound of Isis. :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Cassidy James >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Sent from *elementary OS* <http://elementaryos.org/>. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Mario Guerriero >>>>>> <mefri...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Isis is fine for me. >>>>>>> — >>>>>>> Sent from Mailbox <https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox> for iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:15 PM, alienus <alie...@riseup.net> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yes, the codename is great, and thanks for the other news. >>>>>>>> All seems very good. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Keep up the good work. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best regards. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --alienus >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Le 16/08/2013 21:13, Alfredo Hernández a écrit : >>>>>>>> > +1 for Isis, it feels completely right for elementaryOS. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > On 16 Aug 2013 21:09, "Daniel Foré" <dan...@elementaryos.org >>>>>>>> > <mailto:dan...@elementaryos.org>> wrote: >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > Hey dudes (and hopefully a few dudettes these days), >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > First of all, congratulations to all of you on 100k+ downloads in >>>>>>>> > the first week. That is freaking killer. We're getting rave >>>>>>>> reviews >>>>>>>> > and (despite bug #1 being closed) we keep hearing from tons of >>>>>>>> > people that are first-time Linux users coming from Windows and Mac >>>>>>>> > OS. If you haven't been in contact with this positive energy yet, >>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>> > encourage you to hit up youtube for an ego boost. Now down to >>>>>>>> business! >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > I'm writing to announce the codename of the next elementary >>>>>>>> release: >>>>>>>> > "Wanking Wallaby" >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > Jk. What is this, Ubuntu? >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > I'm leaning strongly towards "Isis" for this one. It's short (2 >>>>>>>> > syllables), should be generally pretty easy to pronounce, etc. >>>>>>>> Isis >>>>>>>> > is the egyptian mother god of the throne, "friend of slaves, >>>>>>>> > sinners, artisans, and the downtrodden". You can read up more >>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>> > her here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > Munchor says I should go full Hitler and not allow any arguments, >>>>>>>> > but if you think the name totally sucks you can definitely say >>>>>>>> that. >>>>>>>> > If not, let's go with it! (And even if so, we'll probably still go >>>>>>>> > with it!) >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > Also, I think in general most of us think it would be the best >>>>>>>> idea >>>>>>>> > to release Isis (see, I'm already going with it) as closely as >>>>>>>> > possible to Ubuntu 14.04. We have a lot to prove about our ability >>>>>>>> > to provide updates in a timely manner and we're getting some >>>>>>>> > negative feedback from developers/nerds about our 12.04 base. So >>>>>>>> > let's address that and make sure that elementary is the best open >>>>>>>> > platform for both users and developers (and I guess nerds too). >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > Cody is currently working on updating Congrego to spit out some >>>>>>>> > super bleeding edge Saucy-based builds. If any of you are already >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> > Saucy, you know how broken Pantheon currently is. Indicators and >>>>>>>> > Plugs are huge problems that we need to address. We're considering >>>>>>>> > moving both of these into lib peas plugins for Wingpanel and >>>>>>>> > Switchboard (respectively). Any feedback on that plan is very >>>>>>>> welcome. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > In general, the first priority for Isis is going to be updating >>>>>>>> all >>>>>>>> > of our apps to compile/run with the latest libraries. You should >>>>>>>> > know that Midori with the latest webkitGTK is amazing. I'm working >>>>>>>> > on porting eGtk and it's going pretty swell. You should also know >>>>>>>> > that all the fancy libaccounts stuff is now available for someone >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> > start playing with so we can get sweet online integration. I >>>>>>>> believe >>>>>>>> > that Clutter with the touch-related bits is also available so that >>>>>>>> > is also very exciting for those of use that have a multi-touch >>>>>>>> > trackpad available. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > Anyways, let's get rolling on this cycle. We have 8 months to >>>>>>>> become >>>>>>>> > even more awesome. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > For the greater glorification of our Holy Mother Isis, >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > Daniel Foré >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > elementaryos.org <http://elementaryos.org> >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > -- >>>>>>>> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>>>>>> > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>>>>>>> > <mailto:elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net> >>>>>>>> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>>>>>> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>>>>>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>>>>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>>>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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