"Dennis Lee Bieber"  wrote in message
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> On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 11:31:08 +0100, "NY"  declaimed the
> following:
>
>
>>My Pi 3B+ has Raspbian Stretch which I believe is one "level" below the
>>current Raspbian Buster. I wish computer companies would go back to using
>>version *numbers*, instead of Ubuntu Bionic Beaver, Android Jelly Bean or
>>Raspbian Stretch. At least Ubuntu uses consecutive letters of the alphabet
>>so Bionic Beaver is one version before Cool Cat and two before Dirty Dog
>>(or
>>whatever!).
>>
>
> Raspbian/Raspberry OS is a customized release of Debian, and follows
> Debian practice.
>
> Debian does use version numbers -- they just aren't common in public
> discussion.
>
> v7 Wheezy
> v8 Jessie
> v9 Stretch
> v10 Buster
>
> https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706
> https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/releasenotes
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_version_history
>
> {The names are characters from Toy Story}

That's the problem: the set of names only "works" if you are familiar with
what's being alluded to. OK, Toy Story is pretty mainstream, but US films
and TV aren't really my "thing". VLC uses characters from Terry Pratchett's
Discworld novels - again, a bit esoteric, even if fairly widely known.
Android's naming suffers because the confections etc are US brands which
aren't always as well known in the UK.

Numbers are better, because it is blindingly obvious how they should be
sorted in increasing order of release. Same as for house numbers versus
house names, when you are trying to find a specific house in a street.

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