Why isnt there an Ubuntu release name starting with C (and A)

Its Breezy Badger then Dapper Drake. Where are Clumsy Chameleon and Awesome Antelope?

Solution 1:

The first two release was named randomly and came from a joke. And from the third release they decided to use alphabetical order in release names. This is documented very well in the Ubuntu Wiki page

From Mark Shuttleworth's writing, I'm quoting this from the wiki page:

Many sensible people have wondered why we chose this naming scheme. It came about as a joke on a ferry between Circular Quay and somewhere else, in Sydney, Australia:

lifeless: how long before we make a first release?
sabdfl: it would need to be punchy. six months max.
lifeless: six months! thats not a lot of time for polish.
sabdfl: so we'll have to nickname it the warty warthog release

^{lifeless is Robert Collins. sabdfl is Mark Shuttleworth.}

So, the naming convention or policy wasn't fixed before the first release as you might have been assuming. That convention is later introduced and of course it is one of the greatest feature of Ubuntu OS.

• Read the history in Wiki page
• Also read all the dashing naming suggestion given for upcoming releases

Though they decided to use alphabetical name after Breezy, they also decided that they might avoid some letters. I think that is why there isn't a C name after Breezy. The relevant part form the Wiki page is

We might skip a few letters, and we'll have to wrap eventually

And from 17.10 the release names will be wrapped up and will be restarted with A. So, don't forget to suggest your awesome names.

Solution 2:

Apparently versions that were released after 6.06 were alphabetically incremented in their alliterative letter. So chances are good that there will be an A... A... coming with version 17.10 and a C... C... coming with version 18.10. For the release history with numbering and names, see below or the List of Releases on the Ubuntu Wiki.

 4.10 Warty Warthog     
 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog    
 5.10 Breezy Badger
 ...    
 6.06 Dapper Drake      
 6.10 Edgy Eft      
 7.04 Feisty Fawn       
 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon      
 8.04 Hardy Heron       
 8.10 Intrepid Ibex     
 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope  
 9.10 Karmic Koala      
10.04 Lucid Lynx        
10.10 Maverick Meerkat  
11.04 Natty Narwhal
11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
12.04 Precise Pangolin
12.10 Quantal Quetzal
13.04 Raring Ringtail
13.10 Saucy Salamander
14.04 Trusty Tahr
14.10 Utopic Unicorn
15.04 Vivid Vervet
15.10 Wily Werewolf
16.04 Xenial Xerus
16.10 Yakkety Yak
17.04 Zesty Zapus
17.10 Artful Aardvark
18.04 Bionic Beaver
18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish
...

Solution 3:

There isn't any release named with A or C for this time. But on 17.10 the name is "A". And also the 18.10 with "C" name.

Look here for additional information: Development Code Name