ubuntu versions

[Jeremy Bicha]

On 7 November 2011 10:23, Randall Ross <randall at executiv.es> wrote:
>> In fact, code names shouldn't really be displayed to users at all after
>> final release, only version numbers.
>
> +1 for that.
>
> In the local-non-technical-non-power user community, the pre-release names
> generate a lot of confusion. I've seen many new Ubuntu product consumers
> bewildered by development code names.

-1

A Mac user may not know what OS X version they are running but if they
do, I believe they are more likely to know the animal name and not the
version number.

Animal names (and the associated alphabet letter) are inherently more
memorable for most users than a string of numbers. In an effort to
make things simpler to users, we are actually making it more
difficult. And at least Ubuntu's names are alphabetical making it easy
to tell that the Ocelot is newer than the Lynx, unlike other operating
systems.

If on the other hand, we are in fact targeting the corporate world and
not consumers, a conservative 12.10 version may sound more appealing
than a quirky quadruped.

Jeremy