Shuttleworth called the name of the mascot Ubuntu 10.10

Mark Shuttleworth named the name of the Ubuntu 10.10 mascot on his blog , scheduled for release on October 28, 2010.

The new mascot is “Maverick Meerkat”.

I will leave an exact translation to the localization team, but, in general, the word “maverick” means an animal on which there is no stigma, and “meerkat” means a meerkat, or a fine-tailed myrkat, a species of mammals from the mongoose family. A kind of "mirkat individualist". :)
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According to Shuttleworth, myrcats are easy, fast and sociable, that is, they have the qualities that the development team and users want to see in Perfect 10.