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This page documents release names prior to their termination following Fedora 20. 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!
Release name history
Fedora 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 19 (Schrödinger's Cat)
- Schrödinger's cat corresponds to a theoretical thought experiment.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat
Fedora 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 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://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