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Ask About the Iraqi LUG

Posted by Roblimo on from the Linux-everywhere-for-everyone dept.

Yes, there is a Linux Users Group in Iraq. When it was first mentioned on Slashdot it only had two members. It's grown a little since then, as has The Iraqi Linux Group Portal. Adam Davidson, an American reporter in Baghdad who helped start the group, has agreed to answer your questions about Linux in Iraq. Please post only one question per comment. We'll email Adam 10 of the highest-moderated questions, and post his answers verbatim (except for HTML formatting) when he gets them back to us.

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  1. Iraqi geek girls by tuxette · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are there any female Linux users/Linux Users Group members in Iraq? If so, how many? How old are they?

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    1. Re:Iraqi geek girls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's an entire dating site devoted to single female Iraqi geeks.

  2. Mandrake?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny


    Are you allowed to use Mandrake, or
    are you forced to boycott french products in the new Iraq??

    1. Re:Mandrake?? by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 5, Funny

      No no no,
      Mandrake refuses to install itself in Iraq.

  3. Halliburton... by HaeMaker · · Score: 3, Funny

    What does Halliburton chrage for a RedHat Linux 9 on CD? $10,000?

  4. Re:What happens when you type "make by smack_attack · · Score: 3, Funny

    iraq# make weapons-mass-destruction
    error: uranium.so is corrupt or could not be found
    error: anthrax.so has corrupt header (possibly expired)
    error: compiling anyways, program may fail to install properly

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  5. iLug by Zordak · · Score: 3, Funny

    Has Apple yet announced any plans to pursue legal action against the clearly trademark-infringing "iLug" name? How can one make donations to your legal defense?

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  6. Tell us the truth... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...where are the biological and chemical weapons?

    G.W.B.

  7. who is more evil? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bill Gates or Saddam Hussein?

  8. Re:The Answer by Slashamatic · · Score: 2, Funny
    Well, for a start, Windows costs much more ;)
    No, Linux costs more. Most Linux releases come on 3 or 4 CDs whereas XP comes on one. The price is about $2/CD so Linux costs more (unless they use Knoppix).

    At least in former times there was a lively blackmarket in software in Baghdad.