What’s With the Ubuntu Version Number Scheme?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
I recently read that Ubuntu 7.04 “Fiesty Fawn” has been announced for release in 2007, and it got me thinking… what is the deal with the version numbers Ubuntu has gone through? For some background, here’s the list:
- 4.10 Warty Warthog
- 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog
- 5.10 Breezy Badger
- 6.06 Dapper Drake
- 6.10 Edgy Eft
- 7.04 Fiesty Fawn (planned)
I already knew that Ubuntu has weird animal names for their development releases, but the numbering scheme was a little strange to me. A quick pop over to the Ubuntu FAQ page showed this:
Ahhh, that makes so much more sense now. So 6.10 was released on 06/2006, and that’s the reason for the number scheme.
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November 18th, 2006 at 11:44 am
I guess you mean 6.10 was released 10/2006 or 6.06 was released 06/2006 :)
November 19th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
How right you are! I’m surprised nobody caught my error before now =)
November 24th, 2006 at 2:26 am
Ha, that is quite funny and I guess it is true that you learn something new every day… no matter how pointless.
I found your blog because I am about to embark on some rails adventures in Ubuntu, haven’t read and rails posts yet but this was a good start to my day… Thanks ;-)