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I For One Welcome Our New Gibbon Overlords

Mark Shuttleworth released the name for the Ubuntu 7.10 release, the Gutsy Gibbon.

According to TheFreeDictionary.com:

guts·y (gts)
adj. guts·i·er, guts·i·est Slang
1. Marked by courage or daring; plucky.
2. Robust and uninhibited; lusty: "the gutsy . . . intensity of her musical involvement" Judith Crist.

gib·bon (gbn)
n.
Any of several small arboreal apes of the genus Hylobates of southeast Asia and the East Indies, having a slender body, long arms, and no tail.

In marketing speak, The Gutsy Gibbon will have long reaching effects and will explore daring new technologies.
[Note to self: never join marketing team] :-)

I do look forward to see Composite-by-Default become a reality in Gutsy. Also, the new Ubuntu version that will be completely open source and free of binary drivers is also exciting.

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  1. Ukubuntu
    April 12th, 2007 - 09:15

    Gusty or Gutsy! LOL

  2. Tom Gillam
    April 12th, 2007 - 09:26

    It ought to be GuTSy!

  3. Melissa (elkbuntu)
    April 12th, 2007 - 09:28

    [Note to self: never join marketing team:)]

    C’mon. You KNOW you wanna… :P

  4. Vasco
    April 12th, 2007 - 09:59

    Gusty!!!…
    Excellent trick to draw readers from the planet into your page!!!… :)

  5. Mike
    April 12th, 2007 - 10:03

    Never blog early in the morning if you are a crappy writer in the first place. :-)

  6. Steve
    April 12th, 2007 - 19:24

    Gibbon? That’s not even South African! I was expecting Graceful Gazelle or Graceful Giraffe!

    You don’t find gibbons in the Drakensbergs.


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