Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 2 May 1996 02:42:29 -0400 (EDT) | From | shaggenbunsenburner <> | Subject | Re: Whee, Greased HedgeHog on Steroids, take 2 |
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On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Andrew C. Esh wrote:
> Informal names will be made up of an adjective, a small animal, > A verb which is being performed by the small animal, and a substance > or object being operated on by the verb. The specific words are > determined my the digit of the version number. > > [ snip ] > > Kernel 1.1.18 was a Greased GroundHog selling Mountain Dew. > Kernel 1.3.95 is a Greased HedgeHog on Steroids. > Kernel 2.0.(0)0 will be a TurboCharged Chicken doing LSD.
hee hee... kinda like mad libs for linux... :)
> If you'd like, I could write a PERL script which will scan the Makefile > of your current kernel source code and tell you the proper non-numeric > name for that kernel.
sure - let's put it in the mainstream kernel distribution as "make madlib zlilo" or something :)
shag
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