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Linux 10th Anniversary Celebration Report
Marc MERLIN wrote to us with
his follow-up report on the Linux 10 celebration in Silicon Valley. Marc comments "The event was a great success, several hundred people showed up, and the money left over is going to the EFF." Marc, in addition to being a great guy, also has lots of reports from other shows.
Could it be that i yet again have aquired the first post?
Kiss my shiny metal ass
Awwww yeah, fucka! 4th post dawg, in tha house!
Hahaha, that's the uber-nerdiest gathering I've ever seen.
hi everyone Mr. 3rd post here in the bottom of the 9th.
Bent on taking over the billion dollar Desktop OS Market from industry giant and public pariah Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), the Linux movement celebrated it's 10th year of anti-corporate warfare and paradigm-shifting muscle by getting these guys to cook some burgers.
Step 2: World Domination!
In other news, something important happened.
The event was a great success, the park people were impressed and said that we "really had our shit together". . .
:P)
Judging by the pictures this whole thing didn't look that organized to me.. It looked like it was held in some baseball field with a few tents put up so the "Burgers got cooked but the chefs didn't." It seemed like it was a bunch of Linux junkies getting together and having a fun time eating and doing their own thing (and hey, what's wrong with that?
What webserver is he running?
Older players showed up to root on the youngsters who are now 3rd in the league. Money was also raised for the "Free Jared" cause, a former coach who was thrown in the slammer for drunk driving.
...Seriously what is this, I didn't know Slashdot was doing human interest stories.
Ian Kluft was the SVLUG member who came up with the idea to find a date for the 10 year anniversary of linux
Great idea, 10 years without a girlfriend, it had to stop!
Can someone explain to me what it means to "cornhole" someone?
That you are a raging homosexual? Of course, because you are one. Now go play with Malda and Michael Sims.
And just what the hell is the postercomment compression filter?
OPEN YOUR MOUTH UNDER MY POOP CHUTE
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./'ing sites for 10 years!
this post is so god damn fast, in fact, its so fast it would make Keanu Reeves head spin!
why is everybody in slashdot gay? They're always talking about anal sex and posting links to the popular homosexual website, goatse.cx.
So ... where do ye all thing linux will be at year 20. As used as Windows ?? or still only used on webserver , and high level users ?
Cruise TT
I was wondering why there were so many lame stories on the front page today. I just checked, and (at least on my homepage) there are no CT stories. So hemos, timothy, michael must be 'overworked' and are just randomly allowing stories.
Now, here's the bad thing: I bet CT is somewhere helping to 'fix' the slashcode. God help us all.
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
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where did you learn how to count?
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
... Rob "CmdrButtFuck" Malda's lead.
your mom told me to tell you to shut the fuck up. at least that is what i think she said; it was hard to tell seeing how she had a mouth full of black cock. btw, when you see your mom, tell her to wash out her beaver, it is nappy and nasty. she smells like the shit house door off of a tuna boat.
Don't you have anything else you could be doing?
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
The words are all English, but they don't make any sense...
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;) edox@piss.ms
Microsoft Windows will celebrate its 1st Death Anniversary on October 25 2002 ----> This will lead to the birth or Linux Home Edition for apes
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I'm surprized only 6 people showed up. I guess everybody else was too busy trying to get linux to work on their refrigerators or coffee makers ;)
Buy your Free Dimitry T-Shirt at Think Geek. The EFF gets about half.
Do all these pictures of linux users groups have strange looking people? Most are either overweight or have some mental issues. RMS falls into both categories.
Wish I could moderate ya up...
I don't think linux will catch up to microsoft in use. I also don't really want that. The way I see it the only way linux will catch up is if they make themselves "dumb" enough for almost everyone to use. Unless everything is point, click, and forget most people will not use it.
I believe the average user does not want to open a user manual, read any instructions, or have any extra steps to follow. They want to plug it in, have it install itself, configure itself and then give a pretty picture. In a perfect world this is fine, but for anyone who works with these blasted machines they realize that when you go with an out of the box configuration it may not be what you want. It may not even function. In the MS world there is always a wizard or a dilogue box to look at, but it may not be what you need. I love the freedom that an open OS provides. I love the fact that If I want to change something I can hit Google and 90% of the time I have an answer within minutes.
I think the day that linux goes towards the microsoft dumb is good idea they willl lose their appeal. So to answer your question I don't know, but I hope to hell they haven't.
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Several hundred people, you say? Why are there several photos of just a few people at a time in a huge empty field?
And with the left over food that can fill up a truck bed, they must not have been very hungry.
There's an article over on Yahoo! that gives a good summary of Linux and its position in the computer industry. Yes, it's written by Reuters for J. Random Consumer, but it's pretty accurate. It also talks about strengths and weaknesses, Linux-based companies going bust, and where Linux might find its niche.
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
Seeing as this was a Slashdot headline, I thought it'd be something a little bigger.
it is sad to see all those hackers at the party....shame xp will blow linux and those hackers out of jobs..........
whats the average life time for a penguim? its definetly getting FAT and OLD, lets hope it doesnt get to be an old fart.
What does CmdrTaco think about small penises??Read all about it at http://cmdrtaco.net/rants/penis.shtml!!!
...to get a picture of a fish-on-a-dick when I click that link in his sig? No? Then why the hell is this guy moderated up while all the fine goatse.cx trolls have been modded down for years? Hypocrites, all of you!
If you go to Photo.net, there's a member folder with more photos from the Linux10 picnic, mostly of Linux t-shirts worn by attendees.
I remember using Linux in Winter 1991, like around February. That was kernel 0.11 if I recall correctly.
I guess February isn't as good a time for celebrations as August, but come on, that's months off, folks... A lot of things happened between February 1991 and August 1991.
Just nit picking...
My mom even attended the StarOffice talk! Way coooool. =)