Webopedia Term of the Day: What is Oneiric Ocelot?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 14, 2011

“Oneiric Ocelot is the Ubuntu codename for version 11.10 of the
Ubuntu Linux-based operating system. Officially released in October
2011, Oneiric Ocelot’s updates included an improved Dash,
additional refinements to the Unity interface introduced in Natty
Narwhal, an overhauled Ubuntu Software Center, a new login screen,
the inclusion of Mozilla Thunderbird as the default mail client and
more.

“Oneiric means “dreamy,” and the ocelot is a domestic-sized cat
native to South and Central America. Oneiric Ocelot followed the
Natty Narwhal (v11.04) release of Ubuntu and will be succeeded by
Precise Pangolin in 2012.”

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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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