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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