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Mad Penguin on Ubuntu 5.10 Preview

Posted by Zonk on from the frothy-birds dept.

atrebuse wrote to mention a preview of the Ubuntu 5.10 Preview release, on Mad Penguin. From the article: " Every community has its heroes. From the beginning of time, we've all needed that special something to grasp onto and worship in one way or another. The Linux community is no different. Sure, there are a handful of people known as leaders or visionaries that people look up to, but what other altars do they worship at? The Altar of the Distro. That's the one I'm referring to. According to the DistroWatch page hit ranking sidebar, Ubuntu Linux has held the title of '"most worshiped distro' for quite some time now. So why is that? Is it because Ubuntu is just that good? Is it because the Ubuntu followers are just sitting there hitting their browsers refresh button on the DistroWatch Ubuntu page? What is it about Mary? "

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  1. Naked People by nmb3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I liked the cover on the old version. You know, the one with the half-naked people

    Can't go wrong with naked. Well, you could I guess, but I wasn't on the cover.

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  2. Refresh Button by hawkeye_82 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...... Ubuntu followers are just sitting there hitting their browsers refresh button on the DistroWatch Ubuntu page......

    You mean just like we do here on Slashdot?

    1. Re:Refresh Button by future+assassin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Im almost finished reading your reply but I can only get one word in per refresh.

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      by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
  3. The reviewer sucks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    The guy doing the review needs a swift kick in the nads, because while he goes on to complain about the lack of professional style in Ubuntu his review is rife with opinions and little information - about as unprofessional a review as can be made.

    He's a whiney little hypocrate and it's sad that something that poorly done got published on any website, let alone became a headline for Slashdot.

  4. Why doesn't distrowatch include Windows pagehits? by Associate · · Score: 5, Funny

    My opinion is that it would be a little more tale-tell of who's visiting their site. Granted the intention is to indicate which is the more popular Linux distro. But still, it might show how many wannabees like me there are. Actually, I had SuSE and RH running here at work for a while. But the local IT manager got pretty pissed when he couldn't log into my machine as administrator. They reimaged my machine shortly thereafter. :(

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  5. Mad Penguin's by OneArmedMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Armed Dolphins...

    The Sky is burning the end is near .. /Run away Run away.!!!

  6. Re:I am above my own review by NickFortune · · Score: 3, Funny
    Now, now. That's not entirely fair.

    The author spent at least two paragraphs of that page talking about himself.

    Do I take it the discussion moved on to Ubuntu thereafter?

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  7. Re:Why Ubuntu? by Jherek+Carnelian · · Score: 3, Funny

    No he means PIE. Try to learn what the hell you're actually talking about before you correct people.

    Awww, give the guy a break. He's only the Pi-Guy after all, not the PIE-Guy or even the PIC-Guy, so it is clearly not his domain of expertise.