Release Name History

Releases are no longer named starting with this release.

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2013-October/012209.html

Heisenbug is a term for a software bug that seems to disappear or alter its behaviour when one attempts to study it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug

Schrödinger’s cat corresponds to a theoretical thought experiment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat

Spherical Cow is something that has never been observed, and may also therefore be considered as a theoretical thought experiment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow

Beefy Miracle is a name that was suggested for Fedora 16 (like Verne), and is also something that has never been observed.

http://beefymiracle.org/history.html

James Lovelock is a futurologist, and so was Jules Verne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

Laughlin is a city in the state of Nevada (United States), and so is Lovelock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovelock,_Nevada

Robert H. Goddard was a professor of physics, and so was Robert Laughlin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Laughlin

Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский (Konstantin/Constantine Tsiolkovsky) was a rocket scientist, and so was Robert Goddard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard

Constantine is the name of Township in St. Joseph County, Michigan in the United States, as well as a name of a bay in the United Kingdom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine,_Michigan

There are several other connections listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine

Leonidas was a ship in the United States Navy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20040310113223/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/ad7.htm

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/leonidas-ii.html

Leonidas is also the name of a king.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I

Cambridge is a city in the United States, as well as being original code name of Red Hat Linux 10 (before it became Fedora Core 1), and was the name of a ship in the United States Navy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20031006204348/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/cambridg.htm

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/cambridge-i.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts

Voting results: https://web.archive.org/web/20080809205521/http://jwboyer.fedorapeople.org/fedora10relname.txt.asc

Sulphur is an element that causes an adverse reaction (tarnishing) when it contacts silver. In mythology, it is an element used to drive away werewolves. Sulphur is also a city in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver#Silver_compounds

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-December/msg01194.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulphur,_Louisiana

Werewolf is the name of a movie about a dude who turns into a werewolf. A werewolf also has an adverse reaction (death) when it comes into contact with silver.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118137/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf

Moonshine is an independent record label, and also the name of a movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine_Music

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009389/

General Zod is a character in the DC Comics universe, as well as an independent record label.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Zod

http://www.zodrecords.com/

Bordeaux is a wine-producing region in France, as well as a comic book character.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Bordeaux

Andre Stentz is a French winery. As such, both Heidelberg and Stentz are distributors of alcoholic beverages.

http://www.andre-stentz.fr/

Heidelberg is a city in Germany, and also a brand/distributor of beer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg

http://www.heidelbergdistributing.com

Tettnang is a city in Germany that is a producer of hops.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettnang

Yarrow is a plant with many uses. Prior to the use of hops in the flavoring of beer, yarrow was used for this purpose.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarrow