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Re: Luna +1's Name and Some Other Stuff

 

Hi all,

I'm new at the maillist,
but just wanna say that I like a lot the name of Isis.

Bests,
Albert.


On 16 August 2013 21:27, Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I like the sound of Isis. :)
>
> Regards,
> 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:
>>
>>> 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
>>> >
>>> > elementaryos.org <http://elementaryos.org>
>>> >
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>>> >
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