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OMG BARBIE LINUX LOL!!1!!!!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the comes-with-ponyos dept.

tini1212 writes "LIKE OMG!! Have you guyz seen Barbie Linux!!??!?!?!? It's like totally cool! It's open source too!!! We can spend long nights patching the kernel, and look at pictures of that total hottie, Linus Torvalds!" From the site: "Making a bid for a piece of the emerging desktop Linux market, Mattel, Inc. announced the immediate availability of downloadable beta ISOs for BarbieOS 0.99, and said it hoped the final 1.0 retail version would be on store shelves in time for Christmas. The new OS was created by Mattel to power the upcoming revision of its popular B-Book line of laptops for girls between the ages of four and eleven. The original B-Book laptop, which ran a modified version of PalmOS, was a huge hit with consumers last holiday season, so much so that many stores had trouble keeping them in stock."

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  1. KenLinux by ioudas · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone in the know uses Ken Linux. You can start malibuhouse daemon and sportscar daemon.

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    1. Re:KenLinux by jdray · · Score: 5, Funny

      In related news, the virtualization system known as "Ken" offers a secure way to run BarbieOS. From TFA, "A hardened Ken kernel can support multiple instances of Barbie software running on top of it. When enough cache is available, swapping is very efficient, and several Barbies can happily cohabitate, though package management can be tricky. A warning, though: reduced cache availability significanly hampers Ken's ability to maintain Barbie instances."

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    2. Re:KenLinux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      The last time I tried using Ken to mount Barbie, everything froze up. Ken's just not ready for release yet.

  2. lol little girl :P by themysteryman73 · · Score: 2, Funny

    hahahaha I can see a little girl installing Linux on her hardcore pimped up new PC (which she just built). :P

  3. Hey... by KodeK · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...at least it's not a dupe :-)

  4. Re:Nerds by Thnikkaman · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think we all know that "patching the kernel" of your girlfriend can mean only one thing... your girlfriend is a robot running a modified linux distro as her OS. Nice job, man. Where can I download the iso?

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  5. Conspiracy Theory: I know whats up by Toxicgonzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    After seeing all these strange articles, I have come to the conclusion that these are not April Fools jokes. A real slashdot april fools joke would have been witty and subtle. It is obvious that someone is using CmdrTaco/Zonk to spread their OMG Pony/ Barbie propaganda. Probably communists.

    If you are reading this CmdrTaco/Zonk, message for help by making the first letter of each word of the title of the next article spell out "SOS". Be discreet about it so that your caputures remain unaware. We will send the A-Team immediately.

  6. Google News by imemyself · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a Google customized news page with one section on news related to Linux. Believe it or not, this /. article actually made it there. Nice to know Google is good at filtering out BS.

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  7. sacrilege! I am not amused!! by bitt3n · · Score: 2, Funny

    omg I almost broke my pocket protector in rage when I found out I was reading another joke item! When I come to slashdot I am all about serious news and I have no time for these petty jocularities. Please desist from abusing my vauned intellect, whose cycles should be better used pondering more weighty matters, such as how many joystick ports will come on the PS3!! /poneys etc.

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  8. Well... by PixelScuba · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least Linux will finally have a user interface that is intuitive to the average computer user.

  9. Tux and Barbie by warbirdnut · · Score: 2, Funny

    So did Barbie dump Ken for Tux? Ken is such a luser.. Oh wait... Tux has a girlfriend.

  10. Re:april fools jokes like these aren't funny anymo by laa · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whaddoyoumean? I think it's hilarious and besides, who needs proper news on a weekend anyway. Excellent hangover reading, IMHO. By the way, slashcrew, when do we get the pink skin as an option for us weirdoes? It kind of grew on me.

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  11. Re:Nerds by ddimas · · Score: 2, Funny
    While you nerds are busy with barbie, I'm going to be patching the kernel of my girlfriend....if you know what I mean. Oh that's right, it's slashdork you probably don't know what I mean.

    Since patching a kernal involves placing statements so as to produce a desired outcome I would venture the following as a guess:

    "Aw, c'mon Sweetie! It was just a joke! Please Honey, OW stop hitting me, OW!" ...