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["A. \"Xylon\" V." <avlabs314@xxxxxxxxx>]

I never thought about plants and space and stuff, Isis just sounded right.

A question I have is wallpapers. I don't want to have a community wallpaper
contest like Ubuntu, because, well, Ubuntu's wallpapers are rubbish. But is
Dan gonna choose all the walls or do developers and designers etc get a say?
On Aug 16, 2013 9:48 PM, "Avi Romanoff" <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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