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[Harvey Cabaguio <harveycabaguio@xxxxxxxxx>]

I thought the naming scheme was Roman deities, not deities in general? Like
Pantheon is the home of the roman gods right?


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:43 PM, A. "Xylon" V. <avlabs314@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm actually warming to Isis. I mean, we'll get used to it no matter what
> name it is.
>
> Atleast its not as bad as Saucy Salamander
> On Aug 16, 2013 10:39 PM, "Kristjan Vool" <tictac7x@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The name "Isis" is just simply awful. "Apollo" sounds a lot stronger and
>> better, makes it feel more elementary'sh. If you don't believe me, just
>> spell it out! If "Apollo" is no go, at least lets use "Iris" instead...
>>
>> laupäev, 17. august, 2013 - 0:21,Raphael Isemann <teemperor@xxxxxxxxx>
>> kirjutas:
>>
>> Isis is AFAIK used by some people as a synonym for Transpluto, so
>> a purely hypothetical part of the space-and-stuff-people-group is also
>> happy with that name. You guys/girls understand? Purely hypothetical.
>> Hehe... So yes, i applaud for Isis and my great pun.
>>
>>
>> 2013/8/16 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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