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Linux Conf 2004 Gives in Many Ways

Posted by michael on from the avert-thine-eyes dept.

Noddy writes "The Australian Linux Conf 2004 wrapped up today, with a few geek notables being dunked for their contributions.. to charity that is. Cystic Fibrosis benefitted from the likes of Andrew Tridgell, Damien Conway and Linus Torvalds stripping down, Linus getting into his speedos, and all getting wet. Video of the Linus dunking and a few images are available (thanks Internode). Bet the girls can't wait for the 'Geek Boys of Open Source' pinup calendar after seeing these shots of Linus. Great work guys! More conf wrap-up info also at ZDNet."

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  1. I know we'll probably have our share of gay jokes by (1337)+God · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I know we'll probably have our share of gay jokes, trolls, and comments about Linux being gay and what have you, but I ask that you avoid making fun of people who had the guts to sit nearly naked in front of hundreds of other guys just so they could do their part to put their fame to a good cause and donate a lot of money to the very worthy Cystic Fibrosis foundations.

    I probably wouldn't have had the guts to be able to do something like that, but Linus and those other guys did, and I think we should praise them instead of poking fun at them like Slashdotters do all too often.

    Thanks, Linus, for continuing to be a leader.

    --

    Background: 28/M/Bi-Sexual; Owner of a Linux company; MBA Harvard 2003; B.S. Comp Sci MIT 2000
  2. Re:AVI by Tyrdium · · Score: 2, Insightful

    AVI is just a container format; you're thinking of WMV. For example, every DivX and XviD file I've seen has a .avi extension.

  3. Re:AVI by Webmonger · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, AVI is an implementation of RIFF, and that didn't come from MS.