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

 

Just to clarify on my last mail, Iris is the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow.
And, well, elementary is colourful :)
On Aug 16, 2013 8:45 PM, "A. "Xylon" V." <avlabs314@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't like isis. What about Iris?
> On Aug 16, 2013 8:33 PM, "Albert Abril" <albert.abril@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from *elementary OS* <http://elementaryos.org/>.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Mario Guerriero <mefrio.g@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Isis is fine for me.
>>>> —
>>>> Sent from Mailbox <https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox> for iPhone
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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