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OMG BARBIE LINUX LOL!!1!!!!

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. Re:april fools jokes like these aren't funny anymo by ampmouse · · Score: 1, Informative

    Yeay! It's Over! No more April Fools!

    Mod this up informative! Wait, That s over too. Darn.

  2. Re:Barbie suxors, gimme Hello Kitty Linux!!!!!!!! by isny · · Score: 5, Informative

    That would be the perfect distro for this laptop.

  3. Re:what the hell by araphwael · · Score: 2, Informative

    My wife absolutely believed the My Little Pony d20 story when I read her the article. She was very disappointed when she learned the truth.

  4. NOT News: This is old by cel4145 · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is a few years old???? Can's Slashdot get new, original content?