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The codenames for every major Debian release are named after characters from Pixar's Toy Story franchise. Debian's unstable release is fittingly named after Sid, an unstable character from the Toy Story movies.

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It should be the default. The silly names should just be for marketing and used for nothing that matters.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Yes, that is my complaint, thanks.