Where do they get their names?

The next version of Ubuntu (8.10) that will be released in October of this year has been named (drum roll please)

“Intrepid Ibex”

Which appears to be a wild goat. At least they are more creative than some of Microsoft’s internal codenames. Still, I must confess I have tuned out a little bit from the Linux world since Hardy Heron (euphemistically named Hungry Hippo by the F/OSS community), when more concrete details emerge as the mile stones progress I will write more on the subject.