Jaunty Jackalope!
September 10, 2008 by Clair Ching
Filed under Announcements
I’ve never heard about jackalopes until I read about the planning for the Jaunty Jackalope release of Ubuntu.
Jaunty jackalope…
How odd and I guess it’s the reason why it’s easy for me to keep thinking about it. But the said reason behind the name:
Shuttleworth wrote, in part, “The Warrior Rabbit is our talisman as we move into a year where we can reasonably expect Ubuntu to ship on several million devices, to consumers who can reasonably expect the software experience to be comparable to those of the traditional big OSV’s – Microsoft and Apple.”
He continued, “The Jackalope is known for being so fast that it’s extremely hard to catch, and breeds only when lightning flashes. Let’s see if we can make booting or resuming Ubuntu blindingly quick. – “Jaunty Jackalope Conceived” from DesktopLinux.com
The animal analogy is interesting and it also speaks of the goal of the project. I do wish that they succeed at it. I’d really love more people to enjoy using Linux in general and I might be biased because I am using Ubuntu at the moment. ^^;
The upcoming release is Intrepid Ibex and after that is Jaunty Jackalope. Let’s see how things go. 
