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Why they use "ASCII" for a distro release? This is so confusing name for people who don't know what Devuan is. I firstly thought some wierd guys created their o
by kbumsik 8y ago
Why they use "ASCII" for a distro release? This is so confusing name for people who don't know what Devuan is. I firstly thought some wierd guys created their own character encoding and claimed 2.0 version of ASCII.
- sverige 8y agoDevuan aliases its releases using minor planet names as codenames.
- JdeBP 8y agoAs mentioned, the release codenames are those of minor planets. It was how the Devuan people chose to synchronize with "Jessie" when they forked, since there is an asteroid (discovered in 1979) with the same name as the Toy Story character, and then branch onto a new naming system. * https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2003568 https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2003568 * https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=10464 https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=10464 * https://devuan.org/os/releases https://devuan.org/os/releases
- wicket 8y agoThat's like asking why use "Stretch" for a Debian release. Anyone who doesn't know what Debian is might think it's a new version of the Toy Story character it's named after. Linux distribution naming conventions are often weird, there's nothing new here.