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Interview With The KDE And GNOME Release Managers

An anonymous reader writes "It has to be tough, keeping projects as big as GNOME and KDE organized, but that is the job given to those projects' 'release managers.' In an interview on Linux and Main, KDE's Dirk Mueller and GNOME's Jeff Waugh discuss their wacky, devil-may-care, hell-bent-for-leather, zany, fun-filled world -- the shadow, as T.S. Eliot put it, between the idea of a release and its reality."

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  1. There is help! by stox · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear Mr. Dirk Mueller and Mr. Jeff Waugh:

    The ACME Sales Corporation is proud to announce a solution to your problems. The XJ19 Laser tatoo removal kit. It will even remove the "Sucker" tatoos clearly emblazended upon your foreheads. How did you get conned into taking these jobs? Cat hearding is easy in comparison to the tasks you each wield. For only $99.95, and three sacrificial rubber chickens, we will gladly send you our kit.

    But seriously, thanks for all the fish!

    --
    "To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
  2. Like on Jurassic Park... by kentyman · · Score: 1, Funny
    "This is a Unix system... I know this!"

    "I think I can get Jurassic Park back online."

    --
    You know where you are? You're in the $PATH, baby. You're gonna get executed!
  3. Um no.. by majestynine · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..movie operating systems have bad useability?!..

    Ive never had problems with my movie operating system. Say... you want to hack someone? Simple!

    Step 1: Open 'Elite Hacking Utility' in the 'Extras' submenu of the startbar.

    Step 2: Enter the IP Address of your target, or click 'Hack Previous Download Stream' to hack the last server you sent data to. Then click OK

    Step 3: 'Elite Hacking Utility' will automatically determine which OS the hackee is running, and then will prompt you if you wish to proceed. Click OK to continue, or Quit to exit the program.

    Step 4: The hackee computer is running "Debian Linux." If you press okay, Elite Hacking Utility will hack through any firewalls and give you full access to that computer, using simple translators to convert anything to the file types supported by the OS. You will then gain complete access to their computer and all their files. You have not owned them! Although Elite Hacking Utility is a very safe program, there is a rare chance that the hackee could make a counter-attack, that Elite Hacking Utility may be unable to stop. To proceed, click OK, to choose a different IP address, click Back, to exit the program, click Quit, if you need assistance, press the Help key on your keyboard or choose Elite Hacking Help from the Help menu.

    Simple!

    1. Re:Um no.. by Roblimo · · Score: 3, Funny

      5. Run "Guess Password" utility. It tries the sytem user's address, phone number, variations on wife or girlfriend's name, and several significant dates in the user's life, plus the ever-popular "rosebud." The current version of this utility only works correctly when the bomb countdown is almost at zero.

      I believe an improved version of this utility, one that isn't bomb countdown-reliant, is supposed to be included in KDE 4, but of course that's up to the release manager.

      - Robin

  4. Re:Can someone explain what "i18n" is? by wgmari · · Score: 5, Funny
    In this context, making KDE and Gnome work for the parts of the world that don't speak English.
    You mean like America? ;P