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TIL Debian releases are named after Toy Story characters (wiki.debian.org)

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The codenames for every major Debian release are named after characters from Pixar's Toy Story franchise. Debian's unstable release is fittingly named after Sid, an unstable character from the Toy Story movies.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Similarly, VLC names their releases after Discworld characters. It's a fun way to make major versions feel like more than just a number increment.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

For anyone else who was wondering, it's major releases only, and so far it's been:

The Luggage
Twoflower
Rincewind
Weatherwax
Vetinari

Not sure Havelock would look kindly at being left til 5th, but you can't please everyone.

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