Fedora 18 Is Codenamed The Spherical Cow

[sloggerKhan]

I rather like the Fedora code names. They're always unusual and it's fun to see what gets chosen.

[disi]

I like the name:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow

[Hamish Wilson]

Okay, I have to say it... not everything that is German is good. Not necessarily bad, but not necessarily good either.

[Fenrin]

the Linux distro grml has clearly better release names IMHO:

Release announcement for Grml 2011.12 - codename Knecht Rootrecht (similar to Knecht Ruprecht, in the German tradition that's the helper of St Nicholas, who punish bad children; rootrecht -> root permission)
Previous releases
grml 2011.05 - codename Just Mari
grml 2010.12 - codename Gebr?der Grml
grml 2010.04 - codename Grmlmonster (similar to Kr?mmelmonster was a monster in the German version of Sesame Street)
grml 2009.10 - codename Hello-Wien
grml 2009.05 - codename Lackdose-Allergie
grml 2008.11 - codename Schluchtenscheisser (a insulting name for Austrians, translation could be: chasm shithead)
grml 1.1 - codename Skunk
grml 1.0 - codename Meilenschwein (mile pig)
grml 0.9 - codename Dioptrienotto
grml 0.8 - codename Funkenzutzler
grml 0.7 - codename Bootenschnitzl (schnitzl -> cutlet)
grml 0.6 - codename Winterschlapfn (wintershoe)
grml 0.5 - codename Tokolytika
grml 0.4 - codename Eierspass (eggfun)
grml 0.3 - codename Hustenstopper (coughstopper)
grml 0.2 - codename Satura
grml 0.1 - codename OS04

http://grml.org/changelogs/

grml is a system rescue distribution.

[Hamish Wilson]

While the codenames are unprofessional

Well, it is not as if Fedora is meant as a serious commercial operation. If it was an RHEL release with that codename...

[cb88]

Linux bloated? Nah... its just a spherical cow O.o!

Also... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow

[plonoma]

Spherical Cow

Looks like a really fat cow is involved.

[leif81]

Holy cow. Seriously, what is up with these silly names?

You're absolutely right. I propose Fedora use serious names like "Ice Cream Sandwich".

[chenxiaolong]

While the codenames are unprofessional, it's pretty funny when people ask what OS I run and I reply with:

"I'm running a beefy miracle on my laptop"

or

"I'm running a spherical cow on my laptop"

[the8lack8ox]

/me waits for Gentoo Foundation, Inc. to claim trademark violation.