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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."
You can keep your Yellow Dog beer to yourself, thanks
haha, next we'll see australian sites making parallels between linux and the crocodile hunter. doesnt do much for our racial stereotype, but hey - cheers and beers for all!
So having a glass of Red Hat on the way to your systems administration job isn't so bad any more...
"I was studying up... honest."
-I just work here... how am I supposed to know?
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You are not the customer.
Luckily VB doesn't have a parallel in the Linux world.
"Smoking helps you lose weight - one lung at a time" -- A. E. Neumann
No, Newcastle Brown. Real easy to drink, gives you a good time, and leaves you with a pounding headache and a lot of regret the next day. Although the Slack/Guiness thing is about right.
You think that I'm crazy, you should see this guy!
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.
I lay awake last night wondering where the sun had gone, then it dawned on me.
Visual Tcl/tk
You sure you haven't been drinking Foster's?
:-p
We don't touch the stuff here, and only export it to stupid foreigners, who don't know better
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Bud would cost $100 for a sixer, while they'd be passing out pints of Guiness on the street for free. Oh imagine the joy!
Homer: "hmmm something special about this Red Tick beer!"
...meanwhile in Red Tick brewery...
Brewer tastes beer.
Brewer: "Hmm needs more dog."
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Mel Gibson was born in the USA. Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii. Russel Crow was born in New Zealand.
Zilch.
Fosters: It's american for canadian beer with an australian image.
If you are drinking Australian Beer outside of Australia then you really can't judge the good ones. Generally, it's the crap that gets exported. There are a lot of really good domestic beers that don't get exported. James Squire springs to mind as one.
Tp.
...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.
"BSD: Free as in speech. Linux: Free as in beer. Windows 10: Free as in herpes." --Man On Pink Corner in #52607549.
By accident I came across this only a few hours ago. Apparently it was written before Win 95 was released.
If Operating Systems Were Beers...
DOS Beer:
Requires you to use your own can opener, and requires you to read the directions carefully before opening the can. Originally only came in an 8-oz. can, but now comes in a 16-oz. can. However, the can is divided into 8 compartments of 2 oz. each, which have to be accessed separately Soon to be discontinued, although a lot of people are going to keep drinking it after it's no longer available.
Mac Beer:
At first, came only a 16-oz. can, but now comes in a 32-oz. can. Considered by many to be a "light" beer. All the cans look identical. When you take one from the fridge, it opens itself. The ingredients list is not on the can. If you call to ask about the ingredients, you are told that "you don't need to know." A notice on the side reminds you to drag your empties to the trashcan.
Windows 3.1 Beer:
The world's most popular. Comes in a 16-oz. can that looks a lot like Mac Beer's. Requires that you already own a DOS Beer. Claims that it allows you to drink several DOS Beers simultaneously, but in reality you can only drink a few of them, very slowly, especially slowly if you are drinking the Windows Beer at the same time. Sometimes, for apparently no reason, a can of Windows Beer will explode when you open it.
OS/2 Beer:
Comes in a 32-oz can. Does allow you to drink several DOS Beers simultaneously. Allows you to drink Windows 3.1 Beer simultaneously too, but somewhat slower. Advertises that its cans won't explode when you open them, even if you shake them up. You never really see anyone drinking OS/2 Beer, but the manufacturer (International Beer Manufacturing) claims that 9 million six-packs have been sold.
Windows 95 Beer:
You can't buy it yet, but a lot of people have taste-tested it and claim it's wonderful. The can looks a lot like Mac Beer's can, but tastes more like Windows 3.1 Beer. It comes in 32-oz. cans, but when you look inside, the cans only have 16 oz. of beer in them. Most people will probably keep drinking Windows 3.1 Beer until their friends try Windows 95 Beer and say they like it. The ingredients list, when you look at the small print, has some of the same ingredients that come in DOS beer, even though the manufacturer claims that this is an entirely new brew.
Windows NT Beer:
Comes in 32-oz. cans, but you can only buy it by the truckload. This causes most people to have to go out and buy bigger refrigerators. The can looks just like Windows 3.1 Beer's, but the company promises to change the can to look just like Windows 95 Beer's - after Windows 95 beer starts shipping. Touted as an "industrial strength" beer, and suggested only for use in bars.
Unix Beer:
Comes in several different brands, in cans ranging from 8 oz. to 64 oz. Drinkers of Unix Beer display fierce brand loyalty, even though they claim that all the different brands taste almost identical. Sometimes the pop-tops break off when you try to open them, so you have to have your own can opener around for those occasions, in which case you either need a complete set of instructions, or a friend who has been drinking Unix Beer for several years.
AmigaDOS Beer:
The company has gone out of business, but their recipe has been picked up by some weird German company, so now this beer will be an import. This beer never really sold very well because the original manufacturer didn't understand marketing. Like Unix Beer, AmigaDOS Beer fans are an extremely loyal and loud group. It originally came in a 16-oz. can, but now comes in 32-oz. cans too. When this can was originally introduced, it appeared flashy and colorful, but the design hasn't changed much over the years, so it appears dated now. Critics of this beer claim that it is only meant for watching TV anyway.
VMS Beer:
Requires minimal user interaction, excep
You know, I always wanted to be a dancer, but I could never get the shit off my shoes
For those living in the San Francisco Bay Area, Coopers can be found in Beverages and More and James Squire in Trader Joes.
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.
Mate, you're not supposed to tell the foreigners about Coopers! They'll take it all. Now keep 'em distracted with talk of VB, New, XXXX, etc...
PS. Tassie beers - Boag's and Cascade - aren't half bad and Hahn is okay too.
You've never been to a party that had free beer, ohh man, thats about the only reason many people go to parties is the free food and beer, It's not legal for say the 7-11 to offer beer for free, but I don't think there is any laws for giving beer to your friends for free, unless you live in a "dry county"
Fosters Light Ice is a totally different beer. Fosters Larger is the swill advertised internationally as the beer of choice in Australia.
But yes, VB is undoubtedly the most popular beer in Australia.