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[Avi Romanoff <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As I've said before, +1 for Isis :)

I can just hear the multitudes saying "WHAT??? BUT I THOUGHT THE NAMING
SCHEME WAS BASED ON PLANTS AND SPACE AND STUFF!"

It will be good to set the record straight ;)


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Allen Lowe <lallenlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Isis sounds great to me!
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:50 PM, A. "Xylon" V. <avlabs314@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> 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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