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What software do you know that uses mythological names for its release (version) codenames?

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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It would violate my NDA to say anything more than: yes, all of the software I've helped develop use the name of mythical creatures during development

[-] Misspelledusernme@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Don't know much mythology. Do Thunderbird and Firefox count?

Edit. Just realized those aren't version codenames.

[-] croobat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I just realized thunder+bird is wordplay for fire+fox. Damn am I slow.

[-] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

For a while Debian had IceDove and IceWeasel due to trademark issues.

[-] chahk@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

A company I worked for a decade ago used Greek and Norse gods to name our servers. There was Odin and Thor, Zeus and Dionysius, etc. Having been a huge fan of Stargate SG-1, I kept suggesting various Goa'uld names, and one made it through - Chronos.

That's as close to mythology as I got.

[-] Naich@lemmings.world 6 points 1 month ago

Closest I can get is my server is hosted with a company called Mythic Beasts, who use mythological beast names for their hardware.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I prefer version numbers. If you want to give it a nickname too, that's fine, but having to remember what order mythical names were released in just to track versions is super annoying.

[-] bob_lemon@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

The trick with nicknames is using them in alphabetical order.

[-] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago
[-] Pringles@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Lansweeper uses Belgian beers. Not quite mythological but I think that's pretty funny.

[-] LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah I think everything that I'm aware of uses version numbers, not that the numbers always necessarily make much sense either

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Trisquel GNU/Linux

All releases are named after Celtic goddesses/gods from Wales, Ireland, Gaul etc.

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