Distro Taste Test - Linux and Beer

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."

Comments

Two words:

[RLiegh]

Visual Tcl/tk

Re:bah?

[Zilch]

Mel Gibson was born in the USA. Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii. Russel Crow was born in New Zealand.

Zilch.

I reply but for no other reason...

[Motherfucking Shit]

...than to say that Heineken is, as far as I'm concerned, the best readily available "mass market" beer here in the US. There are plenty of imports, microbrews, and less popular beers to be had, and certainly several of them (Rolling Rock and Shiner Bock, to be sure) are worthy of mention when it comes to taste. But nothing beats a Heineken in terms of quality versus price.

To all Slashdotters who think that a six-pack of Bud Light is the way to achieve Zen each night, try buying a six-pack of Heinekens tonight, and I promise you won't go back to the lamebrau that is Bud Light. Yeah, the bottles are a bit tougher to open and dispose of than Bud Light's convenient cans, but for very little more money, you get a superior brew, a better buzz, and you also don't have to put up with that "liquid rice" aftertaste.

Alternative mapping

[zaad]

Redhat = Samuel Adams. - Why would anyone with any knowledge of beer pick a brit brew for an American distro? Commonly available and well known. Not the best amber in its class, but certainly deserves (great nose - aromatic hops) to be mentioned on anyone's best ale list.

Debian = Celis White. - I'll continue on the wheat beer theme, and this is a great wheat beer. It's hard to get your hands on one. It's cloudy and has yeast on the bottom so it may scare the first timers. But once you get to know it well, you come to love it for its quirkiness.

Slackware = Anchor Old Foghorn. - No casual weekend drinker's beer. If this is your first time, order yourself a half-pint. You don't know what you're getting yourself into.

SuSE = Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel. - Another wheat beer, but darker and full. Meticulously brewed like the distro. Despite being a great beer, few people in the US will ever try it.

MacOS = Smirnoff Ice. - This one's for the hip and groovy image conscious crowd. No one who actually likes beer would ever drink this.

Re:Linux beer?

[ncc74656]

And what have having sex on a boat and american beer in common?

Here's a quarter, kid...go buy yourself a clue. Better yet, go get some Arrogant Bastard and proceed to remove yourself from the gene pool, like the two unworthies in the cartoon.

Just because Bud/Miller/Coors are pisswater says nothing about real American beer. Would you judge other countries' beer by the swill from their megabreweries?