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Ulteo, The New 'World's Easiest Linux'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the for-mom-and-dad dept.

ggarron writes "Gael Duval, the creator of Mandrake and now fired from Mandriva, has created a new Linux distro, based on Ubuntu, and it claims to be the easiest Linux, and that it will redefine the Desktop philosophy."

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  1. The world's easiest Linux distro? by 4D6963 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean, even easier than Slackware or even Gentoo?!?

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    1. Re:The world's easiest Linux distro? by gbobeck · · Score: 5, Funny

      You mean, even easier than Slackware or even Gentoo?!?

      Gentoo is pretty easy to install. Hell, I even remember the two of three commands for installation:

      Command #1:
      cfdisk /dev/hda && mkfs.xfs /dev/hda1 && mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/ && chroot /mnt/gentoo/ && env-update && . /etc/profile && emerge sync && cd /usr/portage && scripts/bootsrap.sh && emerge system && emerge vim && vi /etc/fstab && emerge gentoo-dev-sources && cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make install modules_install && emerge gnome mozilla-firefox openoffice && emerge grub && cp /boot/grub/grub.conf.sample /boot/grub/grub.conf && vi /boot/grub/grub.conf && grub && init 6

      Command #2:
      either 2a) rm -rf / & sleep 1000 && reboot
      or 2b) cat /dev/urandom /dev/hda /dev/sda /dev/pts

      Source: Uncyclopedia


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    2. Re:The world's easiest Linux distro? by Workaphobia · · Score: 5, Funny

      Gentoo is all about choice. In this case, you choose to overwrite your partitions with /dev/urandom. While that may be fine for newcommers, power-users appreciate the satisfaction that comes from catting /dev/random and manually moving the mouse to generate entropy until every gigabyte is nuked. You already took the time to compile your system from scratch in step 1; when it's time to give up in step 2, you'll want to make sure you demonstrate that same dedication to slowly acheived perfection.

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    3. Re:The world's easiest Linux distro? by thc69 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I had the thankless task of ridding the boss's wife
      So easy to misread. So very easy.
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  2. Re:no by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't get irony, isn't it?

    Sentence not parse, does not?

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  3. Re:no by BlueTrin · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can't get irony, isn't it?

    Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
    (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

    C:\Documents and Settings\anguyen071904>irony
    'irony' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.
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