I haven’t laughed enough at this so please nerd-rage some more.

kthx.

-j

Your anger at the bastardisation of the English language is honourable, but sadly it has already happened, and it has to be accepted. Look at how various words from other religions are now used wholly out of context (Christ, Lord, Jihad etc etc).

To associate, even assume the naming rights of a unique iconic creature with an essential formative tenet of Buddhism by simplistic, geeky, infantile alliteration is lame, in the worst possible way. If you know or researched anything of the inherent Buddhist aspects you could see the relationship of or to animals and kharma are antithetical to the geeko-trendy cuteness to which it alludes. Ubuntu is a bunch of switches, and instruction sets, albeit a great (versioned) OS. No relationship there. To sound ‘cute’ is, well, I have a Beagle already so no more thanks – certainly not in a Linux distro.

Linux unfortunately suffers from a credibility gap with the public at large. It would be wonderful to see it gain traction and penetration on the desktop. Calling a distro Karmic Koala turns it into a comic, farcical in-joke, despite that people supposedly prefer names over numerical versioning. It’s easier? In actual fact they don’t care. I worked in advertising and film for over 40 years and have seen truck loads of user research cycle around… always to the same conclusions. They just want the facts (ie version numbers). But that is not my problem.

Reflexive is incorrect. As is a set mind. My comments are well considered. And the distro is not from Sth Africa – it is global by implication. You miss the point – I refer to THIS release version NAME.

Ubuntu is wholly ‘sponsored’ by Canonical Ltd., HQ’d in Europe, with 200+ employees contributing in 23 countries. The early naming convention came about from a conversation between Robert Collins 2nd staffer of Canonical and sabdfl – the man himself – on a ferry somewhere between Circular Quay and elsewhere in Sydney – my home city. So I know from whence the story came.

If you mean patron Mark Shuttleworth being of Sth African descent/birth then understand he lives in London and holds both citizenships. Linux is of Finnish origin. Your fragile non sequitur is laughable.

That is not a cheap shot the price is much higher that you realise. It’s really denigration of a language through laziness, ignorance and pop culture. Karmic Koala is really facile alliteration. A great pity as Ubuntu as a concept and OS has profound valuable meaning.

Ignorant? Wha… see above. Attributable as one of the largest influential groups of Internet users and influencers for the overwhelmingly puerile geek speak the pervasive American ethos, cultural paucity and global penetration is largely responsible for recent bastardisation of the English language. Is Microsoft Word spell check familiar? The pervasive global Americanisation and effect on world cultures is hugely worrisome.

Opportunist? Again… Not. Your ‘guess’ing is so inconclusive; as is ‘perhaps’, nearly as nebulous or amorphous as ‘seem’.

So consider letting go of your Theocratic posture. You waxed on effusively, now wax off. An important Buddhist saying, “Do not speak unless it improves on silence”. Kind regards…

Just pisses off 21 million of us Aussies, defines gross igorance to us Buddhists and show the author is an ignorant opportunist – doesn’t have a clue!

GOTTA be AMRRRRRRCAN… probably thinks they are bears.

Ho hum…

Now i totally understand if you roll your own because you want total control …