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Ubuntu: Next Release Will be the Critical One

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Sam Varghese
Mar 7, 2008

“April 24 will be a red letter day for the Ubuntu project. It
will be three-and-a-half years since the experiment began and the
release that day of Hardy Heron, as version 8.04 is known, will be
a defining moment. This could well be the release that either makes
or breaks the project.

“The naming system is indicative of this–Ubuntu releases have
never before used an adjective which indicates rock-solid
stability. We’ve had Warty Warthog, Hoary Hedgehog, Breezy Badger,
Edgy Eft, Dapper Drake, Feisty Fawn and Gutsy Gibbon…”

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