But 26 versions from now will be Hungry Hippo. Because Cheers is out of fashion (else it'd be Hungry Heifer).

Like duh! It is obvious. Kool Koala!

So clearly the release following Jaunty Jackalope will be Kinky Kingfisher.

Either Mr. Mellor has a little trouble with his alphabet, or he's not quite grokked the Ubuntu naming scheme yet. The 9.10 release is rather more likely to be Killer Kingfisher or Kickass Kestrel than anything to do with a pheasant or a groundhog. Personally, I'm looking forward to hacking Zetetic Zebra onto my 5G iPhone so I can play Duke Nukem Forever on it.

One thing's for sure - it'll be based on the letter K.

Killer Kangaroo's probably too obvious.

It will begin will begin with a K.

Killer Koala?

Kind kangaroo?

Konfuzzled Kat?

:p

Given the obvious pleasure derived from the woeful use of gratuitous alliteration in Ubuntu releases, surely it would be apt if 9.10 was to be called the "Choking Chicken".

// The big question is what follows Zonked Zebra?

Spreadsheet column notation:

Aahing Aardvark.

I'd like to see it called the "Kinky Kinkajou", isn't it.

I recommend the Jackalope short, which I think is on one of the Shrek DVD's.

Bound, bound, bound and rebound.

Ah yes.

My vote goes to Kung-Fu Kitten :)

^^^

Or maybe "Krappy Kookaburra"

I really wish they'd stop with this stupid naming scheme.

I guess that it'll be followed by "Lesbian Lemming" or something...

I nominate the name Busty Beaver for 9.10.

It has a nice catchy name and it will also help appeal to all the geeks out there who want girlfriends but are afraid of girls.

Before anyone jumps on it 9.11 or 10.0 will be called Lusty Lynx. Then they could use Paris as an icon for the menu button.

No real comment, just as title :-D

That should be the W*nking Walrus release that Mr Torvalds alluded to when describing Diggers. I assume it's Winking.

just wondered ....

Following my recent experiences with Ubuntu after upgrading to Hardy Heron they should swiftly move forward to a version called Wonky Wireless.

After weeks of dicking about I gave up and installed Fedora.

Given its African naming conventions I'd assume Kudu would be involved, Knowledgeable Kudu perhaps, or can't we cope with a silent K....

That's optimisism for you, that DNF will have been released by then ;)

Surely to steal users from Windows it would have to be a Klepto Kinkajou.

Paris because she enjoys frolicking with her Kinky Kinkajou.

Is it necessarily going to be a K naming thing?

The current release is Hardy Heron, but does nobody remember Hoary Hedgehog? Or Warty Warthog?

From their version page -

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames

it looks like they missed out on C as well. Crappy Carp anyone?

Already..

Wow, that seemed to go real fast

Each distro brings new functionality. Great stuff.

Keeping up with the memes - something like Killah Kitteh. To be followed by Lolloping Lolcat

I like the kitty pictures, but I hate the spelling - it's just as cute/funny in English, so Mine's the one with the * cheeseburger * in the pocket

When did it begin? We've already had the out-of-sequence "Warty Warthog" and "Hoary Hedgehog", haven't we?

This might provide some inspiration:

http://www.bust-ed.co.uk/acatalog/KPDAnimalPosterL.jpg

I anticipate some modest celebration at The Register when we reach the letter "V"

Were they stuck for animals beginning with 'J' or something? Why make up a (as far as we are aware) mythical creature?

Why not 'Jaunty Jackass'? Does that make the jokes a bit too easy if the release goes 'tits up'? Or maybe it would put people off installing it in the first place for probably obvious reasons?!

AC3> but then J looks to have been a tricky one

Not sure I was all that easy either!

@Paul, yes - K indeed. Code name/number rules are detailed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu, which drops readily out of a Google search with the previous release names in it.

My money's on kyphotic kinkajou ... nah, just kidding ;)

hmm, I wonder if that means 9.10 will be a KDE only release. Although by that logic I guess 7.10 should have been GNOME only...

Krappy Koala

I can't wait to see what Shuts comes up with for 12.10!

NB: That'll be Q________ Q________

All bets are currently on "Quick" for the first word.

The Ubuntu naming convention features animals found in Africa, so I'm afraid the Kinky Koala will just have to keep its predilections to itself...

Dom's Kudu is probably the most likely candidate, although Kob has a decent chance, Kipunji (a monkey, seems like the only one-word 'K' that isn't an antelope) would be fun if a little obscure, and Klipspringer probably gets ruled out on ugliness of name alone.

To be immediately followed by Litigious Lawyers of course.

Tantalising Tux for obvious reasons.

Names can be voted for and suggested you know.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames

got used ages ago... and supposedly represents the current CVS builds...

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames