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TIL Debian releases are named after Toy Story characters
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How many years until they run out of characters?
Plenty, as well as the upcoming release of Toy Story 5.
Oh they should definitely choose Rocky as name for the next Debian release.
That would probably cause confusion with Rocky Linux when googling.
Yes that was the point.
And if they ever run out of Toy Story characters, the Marvel universe has thousands of other characters...
Not to mention other Pixar film characters.
They'll be fine. Remember when we all joked about Covid-19 Omega variant a few years ago?
Especially when you realise main releases happen every five years, or so
That's what I thought. I think the most popular name they have actually used is Jessie.