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[Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like the sound of Isis. :)

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Cassidy James

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On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Mario Guerriero <mefrio.g@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Isis is fine for me.
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> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:15 PM, alienus <alienus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Yes, the codename is great, and thanks for the other news.
>> All seems very good.
>>
>> Keep up the good work.
>>
>> Best regards.
>>
>> --alienus
>>
>> Le 16/08/2013 21:13, Alfredo Hernández a écrit :
>> > +1 for Isis, it feels completely right for elementaryOS.
>> >
>> > On 16 Aug 2013 21:09, "Daniel Foré" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > <mailto:daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey dudes (and hopefully a few dudettes these days),
>> >
>> > First of all, congratulations to all of you on 100k+ downloads in
>> > the first week. That is freaking killer. We're getting rave reviews
>> > and (despite bug #1 being closed) we keep hearing from tons of
>> > people that are first-time Linux users coming from Windows and Mac
>> > OS. If you haven't been in contact with this positive energy yet, I
>> > encourage you to hit up youtube for an ego boost. Now down to business!
>> >
>> > I'm writing to announce the codename of the next elementary release:
>> > "Wanking Wallaby"
>> >
>> > Jk. What is this, Ubuntu?
>> >
>> > I'm leaning strongly towards "Isis" for this one. It's short (2
>> > syllables), should be generally pretty easy to pronounce, etc. Isis
>> > is the egyptian mother god of the throne, "friend of slaves,
>> > sinners, artisans, and the downtrodden". You can read up more about
>> > her here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis
>> >
>> > Munchor says I should go full Hitler and not allow any arguments,
>> > but if you think the name totally sucks you can definitely say that.
>> > If not, let's go with it! (And even if so, we'll probably still go
>> > with it!)
>> >
>> > Also, I think in general most of us think it would be the best idea
>> > to release Isis (see, I'm already going with it) as closely as
>> > possible to Ubuntu 14.04. We have a lot to prove about our ability
>> > to provide updates in a timely manner and we're getting some
>> > negative feedback from developers/nerds about our 12.04 base. So
>> > let's address that and make sure that elementary is the best open
>> > platform for both users and developers (and I guess nerds too).
>> >
>> > Cody is currently working on updating Congrego to spit out some
>> > super bleeding edge Saucy-based builds. If any of you are already on
>> > Saucy, you know how broken Pantheon currently is. Indicators and
>> > Plugs are huge problems that we need to address. We're considering
>> > moving both of these into lib peas plugins for Wingpanel and
>> > Switchboard (respectively). Any feedback on that plan is very welcome.
>> >
>> > In general, the first priority for Isis is going to be updating all
>> > of our apps to compile/run with the latest libraries. You should
>> > know that Midori with the latest webkitGTK is amazing. I'm working
>> > on porting eGtk and it's going pretty swell. You should also know
>> > that all the fancy libaccounts stuff is now available for someone to
>> > start playing with so we can get sweet online integration. I believe
>> > that Clutter with the touch-related bits is also available so that
>> > is also very exciting for those of use that have a multi-touch
>> > trackpad available.
>> >
>> > Anyways, let's get rolling on this cycle. We have 8 months to become
>> > even more awesome.
>> >
>> > For the greater glorification of our Holy Mother Isis,
>> >
>> > Daniel Foré
>> >
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