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4 Linux Distros Compared To Win XP, Mac OS X

Posted by timothy on from the from-a-certain-point-of-view dept.

Morf writes "The Australian Consumers? Association has evaluated Xandros, Linspire, Mandrake Discovery and SUSE personal and compared them to Mac OS X and Windows XP in its latest Computer CHOICE magazine. The article is very much focused on "mums and dads", and concludes Linux is just about ready for consumers, although installing new software could pose some problems for those who aren't really computer savvy. The report is available free for a short time."

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    Almost isn't good enough.

    While I Slow Down Cowboy!, here's some reading material from the Racial Slur Database:

    Scap Mixed Races Scottish/Japanese mix.
    Scat Blacks Scat is also known as animal fecal matter, which is brown; also for Scat music which is from black origin
    Sceptic Americans Rhyming slang, Sceptic Tank = Yank. Both are "full of shit."
    Scheiss-Ami Americans Used by Germans as derogatory reference of Americans.
    Schemie Scottish White trash in Scotland. Local housing estates in Scotland are called schemes. Schemies are the ones who have never worked and lived on state benefit their whole lives, frequently deal in drugs and stolen goods.
    Schiptar Albanians Derives from an Albanian word for themselves, but can be derog. when used by other people to describe Albanians. Also Shiptar, Shqiptar, and other variations exist.
    Schleu Germans Frech slur during WWI; common German consonant combination that is unpleasent sounding to French speakers
    Schlitzauge Asians German word, literally "eye like a slit"
    Schmeisser Germans WWII term for a German soldier, derived from a machine gun of the same make.
    Schvartza Blacks Most commonly used by old Jewish men, it stems from the Yiddish word schvartz, or black. It is not derogatory in nature, but usually ends up being used in not the nicest of ways.
    Schwartza Blacks (sh-var-tza) Yiddish word for black person used by Jews
    Schwarzenigger Blacks A black man who is extremely muscular.
    Schwarzie Blacks 'Schwarz' is German for 'black.'
    Schwoog Blacks I guess because when you say it, you have to stick your lips out.
    Schwoogie Blacks Believed to be contraction of Yiddish/German schwatrz (black) and boogie.
    Scotch Scottish Referring to a Scottish person as "Scotch" is offensive. Scots are said to be very frugal. Scotch tape (adhesive on only one side) got its name from this slur. Could also be an alcohol reference.
    Scotch Scottish Archaic synonym for "Scottish." Fell out of common use because of the association with whiskey, but now used occasionally as a derogatory term.
    Scrap Mexicans Slur used by Mexican gang members to degrade other members.
    Scratch-Back Hispanics Mexicans (illegals) who crawl under fences, getting their backs scratched up in the process, to get into America.
    Scrob Icelanders What fisherman and dockers call Icelanders. From "Scrod," which is a 19th century word for young cod fish.
    Seagull Filipinos Possibly from how Filipinos often travel overseas to work like migratory birds (although the seagull is not migratory...). Heard in Japan, used by non-Japanese.
    Seal-Clubber Native Americans Clubbing of seals for the fur and meat
    Seal-Fucker Canadians Extension of sheep-fucker, roo-fucker, etc.
    Seaweed-Sucker Asians Seafood diet.
    Seinfeld Jews Probably one of the most famous Jews.
    Self-Chosen Jews In reference to their moniker 'chosen people of God.'
    Semi-Simian Blacks Simian meaning of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes.
    Semihole Native Americans Referring to the Seminole tribe.
    Seoul Man Koreans Describes Koreans who try to act Black.
    Seppo Americans Short for Septic, see Septic.
    Septic Americans Short for Septic Tank, which is rhyming slang for "Yank." Commonly used in Ireland. May also be used in the UK.
    Septic Tank Americans Cockney rhyming slang for "yank", often abreviated to "Seppo"
    Septic/Sherman Americans Cockney rhyming slang. Septic Tank/Sherman Tank = Yank
    Sexican Hispanics Refers to how fast the Mexican-American population is increasing.
    SFA Americans Stupid Fucking American - not very clever, but very prevelent in Europe
    Shackle Dragger Australians Deported british convicts.
    Shade Blacks Old-fashioned term derived because blacks are dark like a shade
    Shadow Blacks