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UnitedLinux Ready for Official Launch

Posted by Hemos on from the roll-out-the-yet-another-distro-carpet dept.

Anonymous Coward writes " PCWORLD has the word that UnitedLinux has completed beta testing of the first release of its open source Linux operating system and is ready to launch the product as planned next month, said company manager Paula Hunter Tuesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in Frankfurt, Germany."

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  1. How to make sure this really succeeds..... by CSG_SurferDude · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let's get Ellen and Natalie to do commercials for it.

    NOT using my +1 bonus...THIS TIME ;-)

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  2. open source linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    as opposed to what? closed source linux

  3. Nostradomus Like Prediction by ksplatter · · Score: 4, Funny

    I predict that United Linux is going to become the Most Popular OS ever!!!

    -Everyone is going to use it.
    -Windows Will become Obsolete
    -It will revolutionize the computing industry as we know it

    Then we will find out that the Secret Owner of the Company is Bill Gates

    1. Re:Nostradomus Like Prediction by cdrudge · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, since you mentioned Bill Gates...

      He sorta kinda does have a connection to it if you stretch your imagination a little. Six degrees of seperation between Bill and UL.

      1. Gates obviously has ties to Microsoft.
      2. Microsoft once (still does?) own a stake of SCO. I remember seeing a copyright Microsoft somewhere either in the OS or in the documentation once.
      3. SCO was purchased by Caldera.
      4. Caldera was once ruled by Ransom Love (gotta love the name) before he drove SCO almost into the ground.
      5. Ransom briefly tried to lead United Linux when it was first staring.
      6. There is no sixth degree.

      I always found it amusing that Microsoft, in all it's *nix hating glory owned a portion of a *nix company.

  4. 2nd wife = Beta tester by Illuminati+Member · · Score: 5, Funny

    My second wife was a beta tester for the latest version (release candidate).

    She told me all about it to stuff it in my face. One of the differences for us that caused the divorce was that I was a big Windows user (although I did run Linux on one of my machines, which she took through the divorce), and she was a big Linux and BSD user. I can honestly say that I am strictly a windows user because she took all the boxes with Linux on them.

    Anyway, she said it has some features that will 'blow windows AND linux users away.' I'd say more, but don't know if I'm allowed to tell the info legally (trust me, she's already taken me to the cleaners, once).

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    1. Re:2nd wife = Beta tester by rovingeyes · · Score: 2, Funny
      Anyway, she said it has some features that will 'blow windows AND linux users away

      Well, with Windows and Linux users out of the picture, Apple will have the last laugh.

    2. Re:2nd wife = Beta tester by duck+'o+death · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's ok, Taco.

      Really.

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    3. Re:2nd wife = Beta tester by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      My sister-in-law's second cousin was also beta testing UnitedLinux and he met this woman from the beta-tester's mailing list who he is dating now.

      She told him she got divorced from after a fierce argument about operating systems. I always thought that was a fishy story, but now I know it actually was true...

  5. Re:Why open source is cool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    United Linux itself doesn't interest me that much,

    It was prudent that you plugged that in. After all, this is Slashdot. You are not _supposed_ to say anything positive about UnitedLinux.

  6. Re:Next! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I love how when people speak their mind it's flaimbait.

  7. Re:IMHO by Palshife · · Score: 2, Funny

    hat great

    Coincidence or slip? You decide :)

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  8. Re:No Info on UnitedLinux.com? by bsharitt · · Score: 2, Funny

    UnitedLinux.com has no information about this release however?

    The developers should be getting a memo about hte release tommorow or Friday.

  9. Here's the real Quatrain by Dutchmaan · · Score: 4, Funny

    A subarctic creature, through a window slides,
    A fractured system is united,
    The Gates of hell opened,
    A dot is slashed with the multitudes in great debate.

  10. Redhat? why not compete against Microsoft? by MrDingDong · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why is that everytime we read about Linux - people mention how Linux is going to get users to convert from Solaris, HP-UX etc. and here the thing is that this distro is designed to get users from RedHat.

    Shouldn't it be that the goal is to get users to switch from Windows? Who cares if they migrate to RedHat or Solaris or SuSE or United Linux? As long as its away from Windows. This is great that there's yet another distro (I guess), but I think they ought to target Windows users rather than existing Linux/Unix users.

    A house divided...

  11. easy one by mirko · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, will next year be : United GNU/Linux Year ? :-)

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  12. Why does divorce cost so much? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because it's worth it.