[http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2009/01/12/fedora-11-codenamed-leonidas-will-kick-bad-guys-into-pit]

Not sure who hacked the poster for "300" but Fedora-11 looks ... 'fierce'.

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Fedora 11 codenamed Leonidas, will kick bad guys into pit
By Ryan Paul | Published: January 12, 2009 - 08:21PM CT

In announcement made today on the Fedora mailing list, project leader
Paul W. Frields announced that Fedora 11—the next major version of the
popular Linux distribution—will be codenamed Leonidas.

According to the codename proposal wiki page, Leonidas was a "ship in
the Union navy." What the Fedora developers failed to realize,
however, is that the USS Leonidas was a derelict vessel that the Union
army obtained to intentionally sink.

[...]

The Fedora crew is salvaging a bit of their dignity by saying that the
name came from Sparta's King Leonidas, who was slain valiantly
defending Greece at the Battle of Thermopyla. It's not exactly a happy
ending either, but at least Sparta's Leonidas had an opportunity to go
down fighting.

[...]
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