[ Thanks to Sam
Varghese for this link. ]
“Canonical does not choose names for its releases lightly. They
may appear to be weird and attempts at alliteration, but such is
not the case. The names convey the state of development of the
project.“As the owner of the company, Mark Shuttleworth, explained to me
last year, Warty Warthog, the first release, was going to have
warts; Dapper Drake – the first LTS release, was putting its best
foot forward; Edgy Eft was playing rapid catch-up after Dapper,
with its short cycle and new features, and Hardy Heron, the second
LTS, was built to last.“After that came Intrepid Ibex, Jaunty Jackalope and now Karmic
Koala. Those adjectives tell us what the particular release was, or
is, trying to achieve. In April next year will come Lucid Lynx, the
next long-term support release.”