Next after Natty?
Monday, March 7th, 2011The naming of cats is a difficult matter
It isn’t just one of your holiday games.
- T S Eliot, The Naming of Cats
For the next cycle, I think we’ll leave the oceanic theme behind. The “oddball octopus”, for example, is a great name but not one we’ll adopt this time around. Perhaps in 13 years time, though!
The objective is to capture the essence of our next six months work in a simple name. Inevitably there’s an obliquity, or offbeat opportunism in the result. And perhaps this next release more than most requires something other than orthodoxy – the skunkworks are in high gear right now. Fortunately I’m assured that if one of Natty’s successors is a skunk, it would at least be a sassy skunk!
So we’re looking for a name that conveys mysterious possibility, with perhaps an ounce of overt oracular content too. Nothing too opaque, ornate, odious or orotund. Something with an orderly ring to it, in celebration of the crisp clean cadence by which we the community bring Ubuntu forth.
There’s something neat in the idea that 11.10 will mark eight years since Ubuntu was conceived (it took a little longer to be born). So “octennial” might suit… but that would be looking backwards, and we should have an eye on the future, not the past. Hmm… an eye on the future, perhaps ocular? Or oculate? We’re certainly making our way up the S-curve of adoption, so perhaps ogee would do the trick?
Alternatively, we could celebrate the visual language of Ubuntu with the “orange okapi”, or the welcoming nature of our community with the “osculant orangutan”. Nothing hugs quite like dholbach, though, and he’s no hairy ape.
What we want is something imaginative, something dreamy. Something sleek and neat, too. Something that has all the precision of T S Eliot’s poetry, matched with the “effable ineffability” of our shared values, friendship and expertise. Something that captures both the competence of ubuntu-devel with the imagination of ayatana.
Which leads us neatly to the Oneiric Ocelot.
Oneiric means “dreamy”, and the combination with Ocelot reminds me of the way innovation happens: part daydream, part discipline.
We’ll need to keep up the pace of innovation on all fronts post-Natty. Our desktop has come together beautifully, and in the next release we’ll complete the cycle of making it available to all users, with a 2D experience to complement the OpenGL based Unity for those with the hardware to handle it. The introduction of Qt means we’ll be giving developers even more options for how they can produce interfaces that are both functional and aesthetically delightful.
In the cloud, we’ll have to tighten up and make some firm decisions about the platforms we can support for 12.04 LTS. UDS in Budapest will be full of feisty debate on that front, I’m sure, but I’m equally sure we can reach a pragmatic consensus and start to focus our energies on delivering the platform for widespread cloud computing on free and flexible terms.
Ubuntu is now shipping on millions of systems from multiple providers every year. It makes a real difference in the lives of millions, perhaps tens of millions, of people. As MPT said, “what we do is not only art, it’s performance art”. Every six months the curtains part, and we have to be ready for the performance. I’d like to thank the thousands of people who are actively participating in the production of Natty: take the initiative, take responsibility, take action, and your work will make a difference to all of those users. There are very few places in the world where a personal intellectual contribution can have that kind of impact. And very few places where we have such a strong social fabric around those intellectual challenges, too. We each do what we do for our own reasons, but it’s the global impact of Ubuntu which gives meaning to that action.
Natty is a stretch release: we set out to redefine the look and feel of the free desktop. We’ll need all the feedback we can get, so please test today’s daily, or A3, and file bug reports! Keep up the discipline and focus on the Narwhal, and let’s direct our daydreaming to the Ocelot.
March 7th, 2011 at 9:26 am
Big hugs.
March 7th, 2011 at 9:50 am
Nottoo sure if I’m a fan of release names I have to look at and thing “How the hell do I pronounce that?”
But then, coming from ooo boon too … What can I expect?
March 7th, 2011 at 9:53 am
[...] Shuttleworth ha anunciado el nombre oficial de Ubuntu 11.10, que se llamará ‘Oneiric Ocelot’ -por casi aciertan [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 9:54 am
Oh dear god. Prepare for people misspelling “Oneiric” as “Onieric”. Fiesty^WFeisty was bad enough
.
That being said, I actually like the name; it has a nice ring to it. It also reminds me of Lancelot.
Just remember: I before E, except after C, or the name of an Ubuntu release.
March 7th, 2011 at 10:00 am
[...] sabía yo que andaba rondando la noticia y efectivamente Mark Shuttleworth acaba de [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 10:00 am
[...] Shuttleworth annuncia il nome in codice di Ubuntu 11.10. La versione che succederà Natty si chiamerà Oneiric [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 10:04 am
[...] his blog post titled ‘Next After Natty?’, our benevolent dictator outlines his goals for the next [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 10:04 am
[...] his blog post titled ‘Next After Natty?’, our benevolent dictator outlines his goals for the next [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 10:10 am
Osume…lets hope all our dreams for ubuntu come true in Oneiric cycle
March 7th, 2011 at 10:12 am
Up until now every ‘adjective’ part of the name has been in my vocabulary (usually not my ‘everyday’ vocabulary), although I have to admit ‘Natty’ has a different meaning where I come from to the one intended in the series name – but you got me this time. Never heard the word Oneiric *anywhere*. In my entire life.
March 7th, 2011 at 10:13 am
Probably the toughest name “Oneiric” so far in history of Ubuntu releases.
March 7th, 2011 at 10:23 am
[...] Shuttleworth has just announced the codename for the Ubuntu version after Natty – Ubuntu 11.10 will be codenamed [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 10:26 am
https://bit.ly/eW7tDE
March 7th, 2011 at 10:32 am
It’s a real word, I promise, and it’s only accidental that it looks like Ubuntu “One”-iric
. The pronunciation is like “an-EAR-rick”.
March 7th, 2011 at 10:37 am
[...] 按照惯例，Mark Shuttleworth 今日宣布了Ubuntu11.10的代码代号为“Oneiric Ocelot”，我们可译为“有梦的虎猫”。【可见此处】 [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 10:40 am
Oneiric:
This is such a mouth full and handful. 4 vowels in a 7 characters word ! Err
March 7th, 2011 at 10:43 am
How to pronounce ‘Oneiric’ https://bit.ly/gViJPM
March 7th, 2011 at 10:45 am
不知道中文版的如何定义
March 7th, 2011 at 10:49 am
I’m going to have to google how to pronounce this name, that IMO is kinda a ‘usability’ fail. I don’t like being negative Mark, but this seems like a step too far in the eccentricity stakes.
March 7th, 2011 at 10:50 am
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March 7th, 2011 at 10:51 am
[...] his blog post titled ‘Next After Natty?’, our benevolent dictator outlines his goals for the next [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 10:55 am
thumbs up!!!
Well done Mark. Thanks for using a Greek word to (partially) name an ubuntu release…:)
Oneiric is coming from the Greek name “oneiro” (Όνειρο) which means dream.
And it’s ‘oneiric’ not ‘onieric’ because in Greek grammar the ‘ei’ is a diphthong (i.e., two letters that are pronounced as one) of ‘e’.
March 7th, 2011 at 11:11 am
[...] announced here on Mark Shuttleworth blog [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 11:11 am
Great another animal that we will love
March 7th, 2011 at 11:24 am
“It makes a real difference in the lives of millions, perhaps tens of millions, of people”.
I’m one of them. Thanks!
March 7th, 2011 at 11:32 am
[...] mateix Mark Shuttleworth ha anunciat al seu bloc que Ubuntu 11.10 (que s’ha de publicar a l’octubre del 2011) es dirà «Oneiric [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 11:34 am
[...] Mark Shuttleworth announced the codename for Ubuntu 11.10. While it is not "Oscillating Ocelot" as we thought it might be, it is certainly close enough. [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 11:49 am
[...] così da capire lo strambo processo mentale che ha portato il team a decidere il codename!
Ubuntu 11.10 codename – Shuttleworth’s blog Condividi questo [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 11:52 am
Orgasmic Opossum is better name.
March 7th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
[...] Ubuntu 11.04 yang akan dikeluarkan pada bulan hadapan, kini Mark Shuttleworth telah pun mengumumkan perancangan dan nama untuk Ubuntu versi seterusnya, iaitu Ubuntu 11.10. Ubuntu 11.10 yang bakal [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
[...] Shuttleworth has announced the codename for the next Ubuntu version: “Oneiric Ocelot”. Yes, he is serious. Oneiric [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
[...] que viene, AKA Natty Narwhal (el narval elegante), la pongo ahora, para que no se diga. Visto en el blog de Mark Shuttleworth Entradas relacionadas:Maverick Meerkat, Ubuntu 10.10 ya tiene [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
[...] Conocido como Yaguareté en América del Sur y como Tigrillo, Cunaguaro o Manigordo en diversos países de América central, se trata de un felino salvaje de aspecto similar al gato doméstico Fuente [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
[...] en el blog de Mark Shuttleworth Entradas relacionadas:Maverick Meerkat, Ubuntu 10.10 ya tiene [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
doesn’t it sounds too much apple??
March 7th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
For a next version I suggest Quaint Quetzalcoatlus
March 7th, 2011 at 12:51 pm
[...] Información | Blog Mark Shuttleworth Imagen | Wikimedia En Genbeta | Ubuntu Natty Narwhal vendrá con una versión más simple de la [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
[...] – Mark Shuttleworth. Можете да я прочетете като посетите този линк. И така що за животно е оцелота: Оцелотът е едра котка [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
[...] Shuttleworth, pai do popular do Ubuntu, anunciou com orgulho alguns minutos atrás, o nome e os objetivos para a próxima versão do Ubuntu. Sim, estamos falando sobre o Ubuntu [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
[...] Shuttleworth has announced that the next release of Ubunutu, after April’s Natty Narwhal (11.04), version 11.10, will be [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
The google definition for Oneiric for anyone interested:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=ubuntu&hs=LNG&channel=fs&&sa=X&ei=KNl0TabnFsSwhAeSy8E0&ved=0CAQQBSgA&q=define%3A+Oneiric&spell=1
March 7th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
I was hoping for an okapi. Partly because we already just had a small wild cat with Lucid Lynx, and mostly because I like okapis. But I guess an ocelot is acceptable.
March 7th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Mark,
Its high time that “U”r ubuntu laps up the philosophy of a “rolling” release. This would avoid the problems related to re-installing or other interface related problems during the “dist-upgrade” and I believe all newbies would also welcome this change.
March 7th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Nice
(Although I had a beer staked on “orbital”).
March 7th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
[...] https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/646 [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
“T.S. Eliot” is spelled with one “l”.
March 7th, 2011 at 2:03 pm
[...] lo anunció Mark Shuttleworth en su blog, Oneiric Ocelot, será el nombre de Ubuntu 11.10 la sucesora de Naty [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
srinivas: Don’t use Ubuntu if you don’t like the set releases. These six-month cadences have been an asset. Criticize elsewhere – this is an announcement and to bring this conversation here is borderline trolling.
Ocelots are great animals, love the name.
March 7th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Thanks MDZ, fixed
March 7th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
“The pronunciation is like “an-EAR-rick”.”
So:
Not pronounced with an ‘O’ sound – like ‘O’celot – um, yeah, OK.
Sounds very similar to ‘anaemic’ – um, yeah, OK.
Enjoy.
March 7th, 2011 at 2:21 pm
[...] no se ha lanzado Ubuntu 11.04 pero ya hay nombre clave para Ubuntu 11.10. Mark Shuttleworth ha anunciado el nombre código para la versión de Ubuntu 11.10 el cual será “Oneiric Ocelot“. El [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Dreamy, laughing its funny #winner thanks CS. I must read the poem now cat ~ TSE. The Greek link is brilliant & “U”rolling release seems reasonable. The need to find naming convention makes sense for logical Ubuntu progression.
Ubuntu Community to ponder the
fast forward progressive scan 12.04 nominations. 8′s my *lucky* number and almost infinity symbol (((HUGS))) Humanity with Easy UTech.
March 7th, 2011 at 2:26 pm
i was wondering, do you even like animals? does canonical donate to any one of them funds for endangered species? say ask people to buy onomatopoeic shirts or something and then split it 95-5 lawl. would that not be good publicity.. for a change.
March 7th, 2011 at 2:31 pm
I can’t wait to play this in a game of words with friends.
March 7th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
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March 7th, 2011 at 3:04 pm
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March 7th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
[...] сообщении “Next After Natty?” в своем блоге Шаттлворт описывает цели следующей [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
[...] si chiamerà Oneiric Ocelot, gattopardo onirico. Lo ha annunciato Mark Shuttleworth sul suo blog, spiegando che occorreva una sterzata e bocciando per questo Oddball Octopus, l’eccentrico [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Woulda been nice to have skipped “O”, and gone for “P” straight away, with something “Pink”, in honor of breast cancer awareness. Thanks.
March 7th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
[...] Shuttleworth revealed today in his blog the Ubuntu 11.10 codename, Oneiric Ocelot. [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
A must Read:~
https://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/t__s__eliot/poems/15121
March 7th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
[...] [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
[...] Shuttleworth ha dado a conocer el nombre de la futura versión de Ubuntu 11.10: Oneiric Ocelot (Ocelote [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
[...] Shuttleworth ha anunciado esta mañana en su blog el nombre de la próxima versión 11.10 de Ubuntu, que se llamará “Oneiric Ocelot” [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 3:40 pm
I might as well % for the cat ^MS
https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+Ocelot&btnG=Search&hl=en&client=ubuntu&channel=fs&ie=ISO-8859-1&sa=2
March 7th, 2011 at 3:40 pm
[...] Mark Shuttleworth lo anunciado en su blog, con un pequeño cambio sobre aquel rumor. Ubuntu 11.10 será Ocelot, Oneiric Ocelot. Cambiando [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Dalí (the catalan surrealist artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD) had an Ocelot as a pet.
It was callet Babou.
You can watch one of his photographs here:
https://www.gnulinux.cat/2011/03/ubuntu-11-10-sera-oneiric-ocelot/
March 7th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
[...] in oktober beschikbaar. Canonical-oprichter Mark Shuttleworth heeft inmiddels de nieuwe codenaam onthuld: Oneiric Ocelot, vrij vertaald: ‘dromerige [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
[...] Información | Blog Mark Shuttleworth Imagen | Wikimedia En Genbeta | Ubuntu Natty Narwhal vendrá con una versión más simple de la [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
bring out the Ubuntu tablets please
March 7th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
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March 7th, 2011 at 4:21 pm
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March 7th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
[...] Mar.07, 2011 in Blog, Open Source, Ubuntu and Ubuntu Updates Mark Shuttleworth on his blogpost on Next after Natty? revealed the next codename for Ubuntu 11.10, it will be named Oneiric Ocelot. Oneiric comes from a [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 4:25 pm
In Ubuntu 11.10 zou echter 2d-versnelling voor Unity op de live-cd opgenomen worden, waardoor oudere hardware met de nieuwe gui kan werken. < Very good …thanks.
March 7th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
[...] para la próxima versión 11.10 de Ubuntu. Así lo anunciaba esta mañana Mark Shuttleworth en su blog. Oneiric means “dreamy”, and the combination with Ocelot reminds me of the way innovation [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
[...] Mark Shuttleworth has announced the next release of Ubuntu 11.10. Oneiric Ocelot will be the codename of the next release of Ubuntu. For the next cycle, I think we’ll leave the oceanic theme behind. The “oddball octopus”, for example, is a great name but not one we’ll adopt this time around. Perhaps in 13 years time, though! [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
[...] can read the full story on Mark Shuttleworth’s blog: “Next after Natty?“ TweetPopular PostsEmpathy, an internet messenger client for gnomeUbuntu 9.10 LAMP Server [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
[...] Following Ubuntu 11.04 codename ‘Natty Narwhal’, it’s successor Ubuntu 11.10 gets the codename Oneiric Ocelot. Mark Shuttleworth as tradition continues announced the name in his post “Next after Natty?“. [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Lovely name. Ocelots are cute, plus I love cats
March 7th, 2011 at 5:54 pm
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March 7th, 2011 at 5:55 pm
I can’t say enough good things about Ubuntu — EXCEPT for those names. They’re one of the main things that scare WinDOHs users away. I will continue to install Ubuntu on other folks’ computers, but I will NOT even MENTION “Oneiric Ocelot” beforehand as, in my experience, most people avoid people who sound like they’re smoking crack.
Great OS, whacko names.
March 7th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
[...] acordo com Mark Shuttleworth, está na hora de sair do oceano. O nome “oddball octopus” seria muito bom, mas não [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 6:23 pm
nice name we are waiting and waiting the beautiful of ubuntu
March 7th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
[...] https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/646 [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
[...] Narwhal, and let’s direct our daydreaming to the Ocelot.Originally posted by Mark Shuttleworth here on Monday, March 7, 2011.News« Developer Membership Board vote resultsPost a Comment Cancel [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 6:36 pm
Interesting name choice. /me changes cats name to Mr. Oneiric
March 7th, 2011 at 6:54 pm
[...] Ubuntu 11.10 se llamará "Oneiric Ocelot" https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/646 por pablomotto hace 2 segundos [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
[...] Shuttleworth ha annunciato in questo articolo, il nome in codice del rilascio successivo a Natty Narwhal , che diventerà stabile il prossimo 28 [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 7:29 pm
[...] Ещё не вышла версия 11.04, известная всем как Изящный Нарвал (Natty Narwhal), а уже стало известно как будет называться следующая. Как вы помните, начиная с 6.06, названия версий шли в алфавитном порядке, поэтому эта версия должна быть на букву «O». Но чтобы вам было интереснее, не буду говорить сразу, а предложу вам прочитать сегодняшнюю заметку из блога Марка Шаттлворта… [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Ever since I started using Ubuntu it has been putting my vocabulary to the test with its naming system
I really like the playful naming that goes into it. Makes the OS more fun/personal. 
March 7th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
[...] Shuttleworth, fundador de Canonical, ha anunciado que la siguiente versión de Ubuntu se llamará “Oneiric Ocelot“. El nombre se refiere a [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
[...] https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/646 – Ubuntu 11.10 has been named! Oneiric Ocelot : BADASS! - “Oneiric means “dreamy”, and the combination with Ocelot reminds me of the way innovation happens: part daydream, part discipline.” This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. ← vim screencasts [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
[...] Well, we dodged a bullet. Instead of Octopoid Octopus, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Linux and its parent company Canonical, has chosen Oneiric Ocelot for Ubuntu’s November 2011 version name. [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
[...] made the announcement on his blog on Monday and also explained how they had arrived at the [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
[...] his blog Mark Shuttleworth [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
[...] vanligt ger Mark motivationen på sin blogg. What we want is something imaginative, something dreamy. Something sleek and neat, too. [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
[...] Mark Shuttleworth, założyciel firmy Canonical Ltd. ogłosił na swoim blogu nazwę kodową Ubuntu 11.10 – Oneiric Ocelot. Po polsku: Oniryczny Ocelot lub Marzycielski [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
What about Wayland?
Will be on 11.10?
I tested it, and I say that it’s fast, it seems to be easy for making amazing programs, and games.
Nice Work, Mark! ^^
March 7th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
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March 7th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
[...] Шаттлворт сообщил о присвоении релизу Ubuntu 11.10, который выйдет в октябре [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
[...] on Ubuntu 11.10 are “in high gear right now,” Shuttleworth wrote in a blog post [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Ocelot….
It reminds me more of “Revolver Ocelot” Metal Gear Solid video game, but equal, but what of “oneiric” reminds me of Pokemon Boneri (Because of the similarity of pronunciation if i remove the middle and add the B), but like me nice, good job.
PD: I use the google-translator
March 7th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Mark Dominican Republic Love uuu!!! thanks for Ubuntu…..
March 7th, 2011 at 10:36 pm
[...] Марк Шаттлворт объявил, что следующая версия Ubuntu будет называться Oneiric Ocelot (Онирический оцелот). В своем блоге Шаттлворт описывает цели следующей версии Ubuntu. Он говорит: «Oneiric значит “мечтательный”, и вместе с оцелотом это напоминает мне о том, как происходят инновации: отчасти мечты, отчасти дисциплина» Ubuntu 11.10 на CD будет поставляться с Unity 2D для тех пользователей, железо которых не позволяет использовать 3D версию. Источник [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 10:49 pm
You should rather extend Unity “2D” to talk to Compiz in order to optionally achieve 3D effects and have a single code base for both with 3D and without.
March 7th, 2011 at 11:07 pm
istok: Have you have a chance to see the article https://blog.canonical.com/?p=431 (“The Ubuntu community contributes towards saving the Iberian Lynx”) from after the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release? Is this the type of thing that you had in-mind?
March 7th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
[...] Ocelot". W dosłownym tłumaczenia na nasz język brzmi to: Ocelot Marzyciel. Jak pisze Mark na swoim blogu, nowa wersja systemu ma być wymarzona, elegancka i schludna, precyzyjna i jak [...]
March 7th, 2011 at 11:27 pm
I pray for a new/modern icon theme.
Pleeease, Mark.
No more Tango,
no more Faenza,
no more buuf,
ciuf, fuuf, etciuf.
One, only one icon theme, an icon theme, just a new one.
March 8th, 2011 at 12:02 am
[...] Шаттлворт сообщил о присвоении релизу Ubuntu 11.10, который выйдет в октябре [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 12:03 am
I really like the name!
However, are you remeber this? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Design/SoundTheme/Submissions-11-04
March 8th, 2011 at 12:09 am
[...] través de un post en su blog Mark Shuttleworth ha anunciado oficialmente que Ubuntu 11.10 se llamará “Oneiric [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 12:26 am
[...] Shuttleworth今天在其博客宣布“Ubuntu 11.10的代号为Oneiric [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 2:05 am
[...] Mark Shuttleworth, założycie firmy Canonical i sponsor projektu Ubuntu, poinformował na swoim blogu, że kolejne wydanie systemu operacyjnego Ubuntu 11.10 będzie rozwijane pod nową nazwą kodową [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 2:13 am
You must be fearsome when playing Scrabble!
March 8th, 2011 at 2:14 am
[...] on Ubuntu 11.10 are “in high gear right now,” Shuttleworth wrote in a blog post [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 4:09 am
[...] Shuttleworth anuncio en su blog el nuevo nombre que tendrá la próxima versión de Ubuntu: “Oneiric Ocelot” (Ocelote [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 4:27 am
[...] 按照惯例，Mark Shuttleworth 今日宣布了Ubuntu11.10的代码代号为“Oneiric Ocelot”，我们可译为“有梦的虎猫”。【可见此处】 [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 4:28 am
[...] rilascio. “Ci aspettiamo qualcosa di innovativo, di utopico”, ha dichiarato sul suo blog. Tra gli obiettivi già dichiarati dal fondatore di Canonical c’è il completamento [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 4:39 am
nice…
i like it
March 8th, 2011 at 4:49 am
[...] kongkrit untuk Oneiric Ocelot juga dijabarkan Shuttleworth di Blognya. Desktop Unity akan terus disempurnakan, terutama menyediakan versi 2D disamping agar desktop [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 5:13 am
[...] Something that captures both the competence of ubuntu-devel with the imagination of ayatana.”-Mark Shuttleworth According to Mark’s blog post, after going through lots of names such as oddball [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 5:19 am
[...] in oktober beschikbaar. Canonical-oprichter Mark Shuttleworth heeft inmiddels de nieuwe codenaam onthuld: Oneiric Ocelot, vrij vertaald: ‘dromerige [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 5:23 am
[...] 按照惯例，Mark Shuttleworth 今日宣布了Ubuntu11.10的代码代号为“Oneiric Ocelot”，我们可译为“有梦的虎猫”。【可见此处】 [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 5:43 am
[...] his blogpost titled ‘Next After Natty?’ he outlined his goals for the next version of Ubuntu Linux [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 6:06 am
Seems like a poor choice of name for a distribution courting average users and mainstream acceptance.
“Oneiric” is a very obscure word (e.g. known by perhaps a few percent of the population, if that) with an ambiguous pronunciation and a spelling likely to confound many.
The primary nickname used by the distribution should NOT be this awkward or obscure.
March 8th, 2011 at 6:32 am
[...] Шаттлворт в своем блоге объявил что следующий выпуск Ubuntu после Natty Narwhal (11.04), [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 6:42 am
[...] primi dettagli sono stati battuti ieri direttamente dalla tastiera di Mark Shuttleworth, mentre non tarderanno ad [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 7:09 am
[...] Información | Blog Mark Shuttleworth Imagen | Wikimedia En Genbeta | Ubuntu Natty Narwhal vendrá con una versión más simple de la [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 8:21 am
Difficult to pronounce, difficult to type, difficult to advocate.
March 8th, 2011 at 9:12 am
[...] Tweet Lo confirmaba ayer mismo Mark Shuttleworth en su blog, Ubuntu 11.10 ha sido bautizado con el nombre clave de “Oneiric Ocelot“, que traducido [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
[...] версия Ubuntu будет называться Oneiric Ocelot. В сообщении «Next After Natty?» в своем блоге Шаттлворт описывает цели следующей [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
[...] an early space tourist in a previous life and now the leading light behind Ubuntu Linux, announced yesterday on his blog that the next release of Ubuntu will be called ‘Oneiric [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
[...] Shuttleworth ha anunciado el nombre oficial de Ubuntu 11.10, que se llamará ‘Oneiric Ocelot’ -por casi aciertan los [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
[...] Shuttleworth revealed today in his blog the Ubuntu 11.10 codename, Oneiric Ocelot. [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
[...] anunciamos el calendario de Ubuntu 11.10 y por medio de Mark Shuttleworth publico en su blog, el nombre de esta versión siendo: Oneiric [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Call it simply “Ocelot” and then no misspelling, confusion, etc… will happen. The “cat is mine and I name it as I want”, I would say. But moreover, why to use the “Oneiric” adjective if the Ocelot is the name?
We complicate simple things sometimes…..
March 8th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
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March 8th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
[...] Shuttleworth na svém blogu oznámil jméno pro přespříští vydání Ubuntu. Ubuntu 11.10, které vyjde v říjnu letošního roku, [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
[...] Shuttleworth y Canonical han elegido al ocelote como parte del nombre de la próxima versión de Ubuntu que remplazará a Natty Narwhal. Se trata de un mamífero que habita en Centro y Sudamérica, tiene [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
[...] Shuttleworth y Canonical han elegido al ocelote como parte del nombre de la próxima versión de Ubuntu que remplazará a Natty Narwhal. Se trata de un mamífero que habita en Centro y Sudamérica, tiene [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
[...] Shuttleworth seems to get that distinction, and with more money than God and a — The Mark handed down the latest $ADJECTIVE_PLUS_ANIMAL=SAME_FIRST_LETTER for Ubuntu 11.11. The winner of the [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 8:46 pm
[...] Shuttleworth y Canonical han elegido al ocelote como parte del nombre de la próxima versión de Ubuntu que remplazará a Natty Narwhal. Se trata de un mamífero que habita en Centro y Sudamérica, tiene [...]
March 8th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Que a “Jaguatirica” traga muita sorte ao projeto.
saudações.
March 8th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
@pablo,
Well, “ocelot” is also rather obscure as well, just less so compared to “oneiric”. By that I mean if you polled the English-speaking population you’d probably find at least 50 percent who are fuzzy on its meaning. Some might know it’s an animal, but are unsure what kind. With “oneiric” the percent would probably be 97+ percent.
It seems to be a strongly embedded convention within Ubuntu to use the adjective part of the distribution name as an official name that is embedded in various kinds of code. For example, the repositories are named using “jaunty”, “karmic”, “lucid”, “maverick” and “natty”. So various kinds of administrative operations involve using these names.
It’s not a big deal to the typical existing Linux users because they’ll learn the words and can copy and paste. The larger question is whether hundreds of thousands of potential happy Ubuntu users see such a difficult name, experience a sense of inferiority at their “ignorance” and think, “Wow. I’d better stay away. That must be a very difficult system only for geeks”.
In that sense it seems to directly conflict with the stated goal of creating the leading Linux distribution designed to be stylish, easy-to-use for average users and adopted in large numbers by these users, unlike the typical Linux geek that most of us existing Linux users are.
In general one thing that’s quite annoying about English is the relentless importation of foreign words that add no real semantic benefit and are used only as status markers of intelligence. “Oneiric” is a good example. This is a word directly derived from the word “oneir” which means “dream” in Greek. In Greek this word is a simple, foundational word understood by all Greek speakers without having to consult a dictionary, i.e. it directly corresponds to our word “dream”.
The real purpose of using obscure foreign words like “oneiric” is communicating intellectual superiority at the expense of widespread comprehension because having a large vocabulary is intimately tied to a higher IQ.
March 8th, 2011 at 10:55 pm
Who cares if the codename is obscure. The important thing is that the software works… and Ubuntu needs to improve a lot in that department before thinking of being exposed to the so-called average Joe.
March 8th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
[...] anunciaba ayer Mark Shuttleworth en su blog. El nombre de la próxima versión de Ubuntu: Oneiric Ocelot (Ocelote Onírico). Desde [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 12:14 am
nice name – Oneiric Ocelot, hope to see it soon
March 9th, 2011 at 12:23 am
sounds oneirotic!
March 9th, 2011 at 12:31 am
[...] – Mark Shuttleworth, ภาพจาก [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 12:57 am
[...] Shuttleworth y Canonical han elegido al ocelote como parte del nombre de la próxima versión de Ubuntu que remplazará a Natty Narwhal. Se trata de un mamífero que habita en Centro y Sudamérica, tiene [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 1:29 am
we Brazilians have suggestions for names like:
perereca panicats
quejada quantica
rinousscerus reluzent’s
sapus sabugus
tipicus taradus
umbiguo umbigus
viadus afrescalhadus
do you like, Mark “unpronounceable name” Shuttleworth
)
Please: Please remember the Brazilian fauna. but use a decent name…
March 9th, 2011 at 2:11 am
[...] Shuttleworth, fundador del proyecto Ubuntu anunció a través de su blog oficial el nombre de la nueva versión (11.10) de su sistema operativo, se trata de “Oneiric Ocelot”, [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 4:31 am
[...] Publicado el marzo 9, 2011 por Develux Como lo anunciara Mark Shuttleworth en un post en su blog, a dado a conocer el nuevo nombre para la version de Ubuntu que saldrá a la luz el próximo [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 4:44 am
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March 9th, 2011 at 9:13 am
[...] [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 11:15 am
My question still is what will be next after Ubuntu 17.04 (that might be as well called “Zesty Zonure” for instance)
Then what? Start over from A to Z again?
March 9th, 2011 at 1:35 pm
we have more names for brazilian fauna…
Minhoca Mexilhona;
Tatu Temático;
Jegue Jagunçado
Lesma Lerda
Arara Arruaceira
Besta Bastarda
Bode Beligerante
Onça Ovacionada
Tamanduá Telúrico
Esquilo Esmerado
Jararaca Jactante
Perereca Pública
Gato Guinorante
March 9th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
[...] שטלוורת’ כותב בבלוגו שבגרסה זו, אובונטו 11.10, ימשיכו לעבוד ולפתח את סביבת [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
[...] Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, has a fantastic blog post that discusses how the developers of Ubuntu arrived at Oneiric Ocelot. Oddball Octopus was almost chosen, because it has been eight years since Ubuntu was first [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 4:25 pm
[...] sales were there. I’ve been told by sources both at Dell and Canonical that pre-installed Ubuntu Linux PC sales alone have been in the millions. That may not be a lot compared to Windows, but given how hard most PC companies have made it to [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
[...] Shuttleworth bejelentette, hogy a következő, várhatóan idén ősszel megjelenő Ubuntu kiadás az Oneiric Ocelot [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
If Natty and successors will be based on Qt, why didn’t Shuttleworth aquire Qt instead of the licensing shell who got it a little while ago? Couldn’t he just buy them out and put it straight in the hands of the foundation, so it can live happily like LibreOffice?
March 9th, 2011 at 7:28 pm
[...] Mit Staunen wie Verzweifeln. Aber das ist eine gänzlich andere Geschichte. Nun plaudert eben Mark Shuttleworth in seinem Blog über die Zukunft von [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
[...] sales were there. I’ve been told by sources both at Dell and Canonical that pre-installed Ubuntu Linux PC sales alone have been in the millions. That may not be a lot compared to Windows, but given how hard most PC companies have made it to [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
[...] сообщении «Next After Natty?» в своем блоге Шаттлворт описывает цели следующей [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
[...] publicó en su página Mark Shuttleworth, CEO de Canonical, con el nombre Oneric Ocelot buscan capturar la esencia del trabajo de la [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
Meow, had my heart set on “Odd Ox” but guess it’s time to start practicing this one phonetically “oh-nee-rick oss-a-lot”.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Salvador_Dali_NYWTS.jpg
March 10th, 2011 at 1:04 am
[...] quote diatas dari blog Mark Shuttleworth, Oneiric berarti impian, sesuatu yang bisa dicapai hanya dengan kerja keras – begitu saya [...]
March 10th, 2011 at 4:06 am
https://ray-tm.deviantart.com/art/Pavibuntu-icons-198334752
should think about the next icons.
March 10th, 2011 at 6:36 pm
[...] on Ubuntu 11.10 are “in high gear right now,” Shuttleworth wrote in a blog post [...]
March 10th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
[...] Pues bien, el nuevo Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, puede traducirse, según el encargado de la empresa (Mark Shuttleworth), en una simplificación de esto: “En parte soñar despierto, y disciplina en parte“. O sea, atreverse a soñar, innovar y mantener un ritmo disciplinado de trabajo para desarrollar y crear estos increíbles sueños y hacerlos realidad (al menos así es como lo entiendo), esto lo explica en su blog personal. [...]
March 11th, 2011 at 10:17 am
I am seriously looking forward to this release, and I’m loving the name!
March 12th, 2011 at 6:05 am
[...] (omgubuntu.co.uk)Canonical tips Oneiric Ocelot release amid Ubuntu controversy (linuxfordevices.com)Next after Natty? (markshuttleworth.com)The end of Ubuntu Netbook edition (omgubuntu.co.uk) var [...]
March 12th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
[...] Se llamara Oneiric Ocelot según lo informa desde su blog Traducido al español sera Ocelote Onírico. [...]
March 13th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
[...] блогоороо дамжуулан 11.10 хувилбар ямар байх талаар өөрийн төсөөллийг хуваалцсан байна. Мөн хувилбарыг Oneiric Ocelot хэмээн [...]