There is less than a month left to know the new version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 17.04 or also known as Zesty Zapus and many are already talking about the next version of Ubuntu and its nickname. And oddly enough, the nickname of the next version is being one of the most striking points of this new version and not its news or programs.
All Ubuntu versions have been characterized by having a nickname made up of two words that begin with the same letter and that letter follows the order of the alphabet. The nearby Ubuntu 17.04 will be based on the letter Z and with it the last letter of the alphabet, but And the next version? What nickname will you use?
Ubuntu 17.10 could continue the nickname tradition with the letter A
Various Ubuntu developers have left clues about the next Ubuntu release, being for many the letter A which will follow Ubuntu 17.04. Ubuntu 4.10 began with the letter W but it was not until 2016 with Ubuntu 6.06 when it began with the letter D to follow the order of the alphabet. So there are still three letters of the alphabet that do not have an Ubuntu version or vice versa. On the other hand, following this theory of continuing with the missing letters, Ubuntu would have until 2018 with this tradition, being Ubuntu 19.04, the first version of 2019 to renew tradition or confirm the repetition of this custom.
On the other hand, it is true that it is Mark Shuttleworth who announces the nickname of the next version and that has not done it yet. Fortunately for this announcement there is a month or so, that is, little time. And although many may doubt the use of the letter A for the nickname, the truth is that nicknames such as Antic Adder or Auspicious Ariel are more possible than other types of nicknames. Do not you think?
What a piece of news!