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Introducing Linux to Joe Average
eco2geek writes "The local "alternative newspaper" is running a cover story titled 'The Rebel Alliance: An unlikely army of hacker hippies, geek visionaries, idealistic teachers and corporate giants is making Portland ground zero of a digital revolution.' I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call Portland 'ground zero' of anything, but the article does give the average reader a good introduction to what Linux is, why it's important, and some of the politics surrounding it. (The article also mentions 'the frenetic Slashdot.org.' :-)"
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ach! mein leiber! (what the hell am i doing?)
you can take the road that takes you to the stars...
gayo
Tux spends too much time surfing the world wide wait. He's gone google-eyed!
Nice name - did they chose that themselves?
Oh joy! Over here it will be broadcast in the middle of the night, but who cares. I'm going to call in sick tomorrow.
Isn't this a repeat of a story put up a month or so ago? I had a quick look on the old articles and couldn't find it but I have a strong sense of deja vu.
Maybe 'they' changed something?
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
I don't know about groundzero for linux, but Portland is definitely ground zero for drugged up basketball players who beat women.
Then again, even they might use linux and I could be way off here.
rotciv86 your sig has a bug. You specify int, but main() is not returning anything.
No I am not in QA. I am your inner compiler.
"Hey... don't be mean." --Buckaroo Banzai
If you were my woman, we would live under a spacious bridge (6 lanes each way) and eat fresh Billy Goat every night, and I would buy you a real green dress.
a German organisation for the spread of the word of Linux in Christian Churches
Talk about a limited target audience... sheesh.
DRM = Digitally Restricted Media. This is a viral sig, pass it on.
No, YOU have a space before the JPEG, you asswipe.
I cut n pasted the URL, so if there's a space, it's a Slashdot bug.
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call Portland 'ground zero' of anything,
A bit OT, and have some karma to burn, but where exactly do you live that's so important that Portland can't be the epicenter for anything? And what does that comment have anything to do with a tech story? If your "not sure" then don't type it.
Some people forget that even Torvalds came from the igloo cubicles of an obscure University.
[end rant]
Disclaimer: I don't live in Portland.
Mike Bouma, widely respected Amigan
ROTFLMAO!
Hi Mike!
I was born today. Thanks for the excellent suggestion, I'll add this to the sig of future versions of the troll you replied to. It'll fit right in with the character.
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