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Fedora 20 Will Be Named Heisenbug

Posted by hanuca on Sep 4, 2013 10:20 AM EDT · 8 comments
Softpedia; By Marius Nestor

Robyn Bergeron, the Fedora Project leader, proudly announced a few minutes ago, September 3, the codename for the upcoming Fedora 20 operating system, due for release later this year.

Without any further ado, the codename for the upcoming Fedora 20 Linux operating system will be Heisenbug, which won with 1549 votes. According to Wikipedia, Heisenbug is a computer programming jargon term for a software bug that seems to disappear or alter its behavior when one attempts to study it.

Other possible names were Eigenstate, Félicette, Superego, Cherry Ice Cream, Chateaubriand, Santa Claus, and Österreich. The voting took place between Friday, August 16, and Friday, August 30, 2013.

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Comments (8)

jdixon · Sep 4, 2013 12:33 PM EDT

But they're Uncertain exactly when.or even why they named it that :)

Seriously, does the author not know the original source for the name? I would have thought the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle would be known even to non-scientists.

skelband · Sep 4, 2013 2:36 PM EDT

Maybe it will be released, maybe not.

Trouble is, if we know when it is released, we won't we sure what's actually in it :D

Bob_Robertson · Sep 4, 2013 3:03 PM EDT

Reminds me of being on my motorcycle. Either I know how fast I'm going, or I know where I am, but not at the same time.

gus3 · Sep 4, 2013 5:21 PM EDT

They already used Schroedinger, so we can't use the "it's both released and not released, until you open the box" joke.

montezuma · Sep 4, 2013 8:32 PM EDT

They are uncertain how many bugs it has?

jazz · Sep 5, 2013 9:01 AM EDT