On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 at 15:52, Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I’d like to propose that we consider bringing back the old Fedora > codenames just this once and declare the release “Fedora 42 (Adams)”, > ideally with a few subtle nods snuck in to the artwork for the > release. Nice idea. Speaking as a former president of the official Douglas Adams appreciation society, I approve. :-) It may interest you to know that Ubuntu 10.10 was launched on 10/10/10 as a tribute. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat 101010 in binary is 42 in decimal. The London launch party fpor Ubuntu 10.10 was co-hosted with ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha's annual general meeting in the same venue. I was there for both. If the launch is a bit delayed you could schedule it for Towel Day, celebrated in memory of Douglas Adams, which is 25th May. https://www.thereisadayforthat.com/holidays/united-kingdom/towel-day That would be a lovely touch and widely appreciated. While I worked for Red Hat in Brno I travelled to Prague for the Towel Day celebration, which was pretty big and well-attended, and I was the only attendee who had met Adams personally. I am sure ZZ9 would be happy to co-host again if you asked. I can put you in touch. It's very much still around: https://zz9.org/ Other references: his middle name was Noel so his initials were DNA. He used the email address dna@xxxxxxxxx for a while. His autograph looks like it says "Bop Ad" which is his nickname among long time fans. In the book, 6×9 = 42 https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/831356-what-do-you-get-if-you-multiply-six-by-nine This works in base 13. This was unintentional and Adams said "I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base 13." It is also not because it's ASCII for `*` and the series was written on a typewriter, and predates the common use of `*` as a wildcard. The HHGTTG very nearly predates CP/M and Adams was averse to computers until the Mac came out. He and Stephen Fry argued over who had the first Mac in the UK; both claimed it. So _please_ do not accept, use or refer to any "explanations" or answers as to why 42; they are all wrong and just made up. It's a source of great irritation to old-time HHGTTG fans. There are, however, tons of excellent 42-themed designs out there. Many involve whales and bowls of petunias, among other things, and of course the slogan "Life, the Universe, and Everything." Dolphins and mice often feature, too. However the film's stylised thumb logo is inadvisable -- copyrights and things -- and the green alien smiley logo was only used on US editions and is little known elsewhere, and where it's known it's disliked. -- Liam Proven ~ lproven@xxxxxxxxxx FOSS & Public Cloud Reporter, the Register ~ https://www.theregister.com/ Isle of Man tel: +44 7624 227612 ~ UK tel: +44 7939 087884 (*not* 24x7) Czech tel: +420 702 829 053 (also Whatsapp/Telegram/Signal) -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
