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[Alex Lourie <djay.il@xxxxxxxxx>]

Isis it is.

Now, after that is decided, we can go and vote, so that Munchor is happy
too.


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:33 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
>>
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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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