I found an old post on Linux Journal discussing the naming of Fedora releases.  I’ve always wondered where those names come from, and it turns out there really is some logic behind it.  It turns out that the name of release N+1 must be related to release N, ewfbut not in the same way that N and N-1 are related.  With Fedora 11 (Leonidas) coming out shortly, the Fedora Project is now soliciting names for release 12.

I’ve been wanting to find a way to give back for a while now, so I registered an account with the Fedora Project.  My first contribution was to suggest a name for Fedora 12.  In case it actually gets suggested, I want to state for the record that I suggested “Beauregard.”  Beauregard was a Confederate general in the Civil War, as was Leonidas.  We’ll see what future (and hopefully better!) contributions I make in the future.