I wish Ubuntu and debian would bin code names. I'm forever confused as to which release version has which code name. there needs to be one clear name for the release, which should be the version number.
Most people do not have any problem remembering OS X's code names. In fact, many of my friends and colleagues refer to OS X versions by their feline names. Most would be hard-pressed to come up with the version number of, say, Snow Leopard.
(iOS is somewhat peculiar in this respect. Since people always tend to run the latest version, people often don't refer to particular versions.)
and I find it quite annoying that they officially describe them as tiger, leopard, snow leopard and yet there is nowhere in the OS itself to tell you this. About This Mac : 10.6.8
[Citation needed] because my anecdotal evidence suggests the complete opposite.
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"