History of Fedora release names

This page documents the release names for current and previous releases of Fedora. In much older releases the name was decided by a small group of people internal to Red Hat, but has become a community process in later releases.

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!

Guidelines for release names

Release name history

Fedora 19 (Schrödinger's cat)

• Schrödinger's cat corresponds to a theoretical thought experiment.
• http://www.etsy.com/listing/71078811/girls-with-slingshots-necklace-ghost?ref=v1_other_1

Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow)

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

Fedora 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 16 (Verne)

• James Lovelock is a futurologist, and so was Jules Verne
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

Fedora 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 14 (Laughlin)

• Robert H. Goddard was a professor of physics, and so was Robert Laughlin.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Laughlin

Fedora 13 (Goddard)

• Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский (Konstantin/Constantine Tsiolkovsky) was a rocket scientist, and so was Robert Goddard.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky

Fedora 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 11 (Leonidas)

• Leonidas was a ship in the United States Navy.
• http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/ad7.htm
• Leonidas is also the name of a king.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I

Fedora 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.
• http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/cambridg.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts
• Voting results: http://jwboyer.fedorapeople.org/fedora10relname.txt.asc

Fedora 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 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 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://perso.orange.fr/andre.stentz/

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