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APOLLOAffordably Purchase Our Lovely Linux Offering Sean Lamb (Apollo was the code name for RedHat Linux 5.2)
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BEOWULFBig Electronic Organisms Will Use Linux, Fool Sean Lamb (who envies the computing power of the big Beowulf clusters that always seem to take on a life of their own)
BILTMOREBecause It's Linux, They Might Open Roughly Everything Sean Lamb (Biltmore was the code name for RedHat Linux 4.2)
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DARLDoesn't Actually Run Linux Sean Lamb (Referring to Darl McBride, the CEO of SCO)
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DEBIANDebian Exists Because It's Altogether Nicer. Criggie (Debian is a linux distribution)
DOLPHINDo Other Linuxes Pursue Human Interface Niceties? Sean Lamb (Dolphin was the code name for Mandrake Linux 9.0; Mandrake has been known as the "user-friendly" Linux)
Names:Code Names:Linux
ENIGMAEvery New Iteration Generates More Animosity Sean Lamb (Enigma was the code name for RedHat Linux 7.2)
Names:Code Names:Linux
HEDWIGHe'll Eventually Destroy Windows, It's Guaranteed Sean Lamb (Hedwig was the code name for RedHat Linux 6.0)
Names:Code Names:Linux
HURRICANEHurry Up Redhat, Redmond Is Continuing Adding New Enhancements Sean Lamb (Hurricane was the code name for RedHat Linux 5.0)
Names:Code Names:Linux
KOPERNICUSKde Out-Performs Everything Rendering New Internet Connections Useful, Surely Sean Lamb (Kopernicus was the code name for KDE version 2.0)
Names:Code Names:Linux
LINUXLovely... If Not Using Xwindows! Angela Brett
NOVELLNow Our Venture Entirely Loves Linux Sean Lamb (Novell announced that it will purchase SuSE Linux for (US)$210M on Nov 4 2003)
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RAWHIDERedhat's Always Working Hard In Developing Enhancements Sean Lamb (Rawhide is the code name for RedHat's unstable development tree)
Names:Code Names:Linux
SHRIKEStopping Handholding, Redhat Is Killing Enterprises Sean Lamb (Shrike was the code name for RedHat 9.0 for which RedHat ended technical and upgrade support mere months after its release)
Names:Code Names:Linux
SIDSilly, It's Debian! Sean Lamb (Sid is the code name for Debian's unstable development tree of it's fabled Linux distribution)
Names:Code Names:Linux
SUSESeems Useless - Stumps Everyone! Angela Brett, on hearing about SuSE Linux.
USLUneducated Sco Lackeys Sean Lamb (SCO, which is suing IBM over code they claim to have copied from Unix into Linux, filed for the Unix Systems Laboratories trademark).
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YARROWYet Another Redhat Release Of Wonder Sean Lamb (Yarrow was the codename for RedHat's Fedora Core Linux 1.0)
Names:Code Names:Linux
YASTYou Are Susefied Today Sean Lamb (YaST really means Yet Another Setup Tool, which is used to install SuSE Linux)
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