[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'. ===== 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. [...] ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
