docs/releases/modules/ROOT/pages/name_history.adoc

Prior to Fedora Linux 21, releases had code names. This page documents the history of release names.

Release name relationships

Name n and n+1 must share an "is-a" (not a "has-a") relationship, but n and n+2 must not share the same is-a relationship as n and n+1. The release names we put up for vote tend to have multiple meanings so as to allow us to select a new name with a different relationship for the next release. It is part of the fun!

Release name history

Fedora Linux 21 (Twenty One)

• Releases are no longer named starting with this release.

• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2013-October/012209.html

Fedora Linux 20 (Heisenbug)

• Heisenbug is a term for a software bug that seems to disappear or alter its behaviour when one attempts to study it.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug

Fedora Linux 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat)

• Schrödinger’s cat corresponds to a theoretical thought experiment.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat

Fedora Linux 18 (Spherical Cow)

• Spherical Cow is something that has never been observed, and may also therefore be considered as a theoretical thought experiment.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow

Fedora Linux 17 (Beefy Miracle)

• Beefy Miracle is a name that was suggested for Fedora 16 (like Verne), and is also something that has never been observed.

• http://beefymiracle.org/history.html

Fedora Linux 16 (Verne)

• James Lovelock is a futurologist, and so was Jules Verne

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

Fedora Linux 15 (Lovelock)

• Laughlin is a city in the state of Nevada (United States), and so is Lovelock.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovelock,_Nevada

Fedora Linux 14 (Laughlin)

• Robert H. Goddard was a professor of physics, and so was Robert Laughlin.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Laughlin

Fedora Linux 13 (Goddard)

• Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский (Konstantin/Constantine Tsiolkovsky) was a rocket scientist, and so was Robert Goddard.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard

Fedora Linux 12 (Constantine)

• Constantine is the name of Township in St. Joseph County, Michigan in the United States, as well as a name of a bay in the United Kingdom.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine,_Michigan

• There are several other connections listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine

Fedora Linux 11 (Leonidas)

• Leonidas was a ship in the United States Navy.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20040310113223/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/ad7.htm

• https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/leonidas-ii.html

• Leonidas is also the name of a king.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I

Fedora Linux 10 (Cambridge)

• Cambridge is a city in the United States, as well as being original code name of Red Hat Linux 10 (before it became Fedora Core 1), and was the name of a ship in the United States Navy.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20031006204348/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/cambridg.htm

• https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/cambridge-i.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts

• Voting results: https://web.archive.org/web/20080809205521/http://jwboyer.fedorapeople.org/fedora10relname.txt.asc

Fedora Linux 9 (Sulphur)

• Sulphur is an element that causes an adverse reaction (tarnishing) when it contacts silver. In mythology, it is an element used to drive away werewolves. Sulphur is also a city in the United States.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver#Silver_compounds

• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-December/msg01194.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulphur,_Louisiana

Fedora Linux 8 (Werewolf)

• Werewolf is the name of a movie about a dude who turns into a werewolf. A werewolf also has an adverse reaction (death) when it comes into contact with silver.

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118137/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf

Fedora Linux 7 (Moonshine)

• Moonshine is an independent record label, and also the name of a movie.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine_Music

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009389/

Fedora Core 6 (Zod)

• General Zod is a character in the DC Comics universe, as well as an independent record label.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Zod

• http://www.zodrecords.com/

Fedora Core 5 (Bordeaux)

• Bordeaux is a wine-producing region in France, as well as a comic book character.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Bordeaux

Fedora Core 4 (Stentz)

• Andre Stentz is a French winery. As such, both Heidelberg and Stentz are distributors of alcoholic beverages.

• http://www.andre-stentz.fr/

Fedora Core 3 (Heidelberg)

• Heidelberg is a city in Germany, and also a brand/distributor of beer.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg

• http://www.heidelbergdistributing.com

Fedora Core 2 (Tettnang)

• Tettnang is a city in Germany that is a producer of hops.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettnang

Fedora Core 1 (Yarrow)

• Yarrow is a plant with many uses. Prior to the use of hops in the flavoring of beer, yarrow was used for this purpose.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarrow