Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Bell
On 17/08/10 22:11, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > > I suppose it comes down to your market. Thinking about it, mobile > phones are consumer items. It's a Nokia or a Samsung, not a Symbian or > Brew or Android or Windows Mobile. Or is it? They are definitely > promoting Android phones (I probably don'

[ubuntu-uk] Nice wiki front page

2010-08-17 Thread Yorvyk
Just been pointed here, on another list, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UruguayTeam Some nice ideas there. Maybe worth using for a bit of inspiration. -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 17 August 2010 21:45, Alan Pope wrote: > We get people in #ubuntu-uk asking for help. They mostly say things like:- > > "The latest one" > "8.04" > "How do I find out?" > OK, then it works. That's great! > I actually am typing this > on a Mac and I have to make some effort to find out what ve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Pope
On 17 August 2010 21:43, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > Nothing soft-sounding here either. I'm probably leaving myself open to > the whole Android dessert-based stuff, aren't I? But then, Google has > to be friendly-friendly or you wouldn't give them your data. Android > Cupcake? Cakes can't be bad.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Pope
On 17 August 2010 21:35, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > There was I think I was posting to a UK list. Looks like I forgot the > huge /s tag. Sorry about that. Won't happen again. (/s and a :P) > > "What version of Linux are you running?" "10.04" "Oh." We get people in #ubuntu-uk asking for help. Th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 17 August 2010 21:34, Alan Pope wrote: > On 17 August 2010 21:29, Alan Bell > wrote: >> one more thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_codenames > > > Janus > Sparta > Snowball > Chicago > O'Hare > Frosting > Detroit > Nashville > Memph

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Bell
On 17/08/10 21:34, Alan Pope wrote: > > Janus > Sparta > Snowball > Chicago > O'Hare > Frosting > Detroit > Nashville > Memphis > Dolly > > :) > > yeah, those all suck :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 17 August 2010 21:21, Alan Pope wrote: > "We" in the Ubuntu community should be encouraging people to use the > version numbers for releases and the codenames for development > versions. However _within_ our community it's not unusual to continue > using the names because we build an affection

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Pope
On 17 August 2010 21:29, Alan Bell wrote: > one more thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_codenames Janus Sparta Snowball Chicago O'Hare Frosting Detroit Nashville Memphis Dolly :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
> Oh, if 13.04 is Raffish Roach do I get a prize? I do!! Personalised distro ;) :D -- Sent from my Nokia N900 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Bell
one more thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X Kodiak Cheetah Puma Jaguar Panther Tiger Leopard Snow Leopard didn't seem to hurt them too much. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Bell
On 17/08/10 21:07, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > > Easy steps to make your product fail: > > 1) Give it a name only the developers would understand in its proper > context, e.g. GIMP. > 2) ??? > 3) Profit! > *cough* Sorry. > Maverick Meerkat. Advert tie-in. Simples. Was any new ground broken? I > c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Alan Pope
On 17 August 2010 21:07, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2) Promote the product via this name (or codename). The name is only supposed to be used by developers during the development cycle. Once it releases it becomes 10.04, 10.10 etc. > 3) Wonder why the general public (general ignorant audience)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 17 August 2010 19:44, Laura Czajkowski wrote: > Aloha, > > Thought folks might be interested to know that 11.04 will be the Natty > Narwhal http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/478 > > Laura > > -- > Easy steps to make your product fail: 1) Give it a name only the developers would unders

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Martin Jernberg
yes fun to know the new name, saw it on Planet Ubuntu and Jono Bacons twitter before reading your email tough :p > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:44:14 +0100 > From: la...@lczajkowski.com > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal > > Aloha, > > Thought folks might

[ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-17 Thread Laura Czajkowski
Aloha, Thought folks might be interested to know that 11.04 will be the Natty Narwhal http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/478 Laura -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski http://www.lczajkowski.com Skype: lauraczajkowski -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/