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Distro Taste Test - Linux and Beer

Posted by michael on from the mad-max dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Those Aussies are mad!!! Linux is an international phenomenon, drawing in developers and users from all over the globe. This diversity is reflected in the enormous number of flavours (or distributions) it is available in. This cornucopia of names reminds me of nothing so much as the world of beer. I thought it would be entertaining to look for parallels between some notable distros and the beers of the world."

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  1. No French Beers?!? by apdt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the article...

    ....character of it's home country of France. Sadly, good. well-known beer is a little thin on the ground there, so we will borrow from neighbouring Belgium to complement Mandrake.

    Have these people never heard of Stella Artois or Kronenbourg 1664

    I can only pity them if that's the case.

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    I lay awake last night wondering where the sun had gone, then it dawned on me.
  2. Re:Aussie Beer == crap by chesapeake · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You sure you haven't been drinking Foster's?

    We don't touch the stuff here, and only export it to stupid foreigners, who don't know better :-p

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    www.fearthecow.net
  3. Re:Drinking Australian Beer outside Australia by demonbug · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Same problem in the U.S., though I somehow doubt that most foreign countries allow us to export Bud or Coors, as it would probably be seen as an act of war. There are hundreds (probably thousands, but I don't drink that much beer) of great micro and mid-size breweries, probably few if any of which export to foreign countries (okay, maybe to Canada, but I mean foreign countries, not just other countries).