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New Contest Will Seek the Best "I'm Linux" Video
LinuxScribe writes "From Apple's ubiquitous 'I'm a Mac,' to Jerry Seinfeld, to Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' retort, operating system commercials have been flooding the airways. Except that Linux is the one OS that has been notably absent. Now the Linux Foundation is launching a video contest on their new video site to fill this void. The winner gets a trip to Tokyo next year to participate in the Linux Foundation Japan Linux Symposium, and some serious geek cred."
The contest doesn't officially open until late January; the blog post has an email address to contact if you want to get a head start.
Linux is finally beginning to implement things that Microsoft and Apple have been doing for years?
Wow! Who would have guessed?
Uh oh, I badmouthed Linux and probably pissed off Richard M. "Jesus Christ Reborn" Stallman. I know I'm going to be modded a troll just for that. But before you hit "Flamebait" and censor me into oblivion, LISTEN. Seriously. This is why 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 are NOT going to be the "Year Of The Linux Desktop"... because all the freetards (to quote Fake Steve) can do is just copy the two big names in the industry. Let's see something original... put that community-minded, many-eyes-on-one-problem mentality to use on advertising and maybe Linux would become a household name to the point where people will actually ASK you about it!
Moderator, do you really think the parent is a troll?
Server share for Windows really is low, and dropping off. Netcraft confirms it.
Help stamp out iliturcy.
it will Just Work on just about any computer from the past few years.
Doesn't work on mine, and its 2 years old, and it wasn't exactly cutting edge then (closer to 3-5 years old).
Alright, I'll admit it does work after some fiddling and tweaking to get things to work (like speakers), if you don't mind your internet being 5x slower then on XP.
Have a black man enter a town full of rednecks. None of his relationships work with anyone. Must be his fault, right?
I'm glad you posted this because I'm outta toilet paper and needed something to wipe with.
Natalie Portman's grown mildly obese. Try a different actress.
FOX NEWS.com should be BANNED from television and internet. Have the Congress take it over and give us Truespeak.
If a user can be happy with just a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, email program, web browser (with Flash support), instant messenger, photo viewer, photo editor, music player, and a few light games such as a minesweeper game, then that user can be happy with Ubuntu, nearly out of the box. (For the music player, you will probably want to install the extra codecs such as MP3 that are not installed by default.)
A personal computer is used for four things.
1: "Personal Computing" (word processing, budgeting, banking, etc.)
2: Communications (e-mail, chat, web browser)
3: Media (DVD, MP3, iTunes, CD Rips)
4: Games
Ubuntu can do 1 if you don't care about having to convert files., 2 unless you have something really bizzare, and 3 if you're lucky. Not bad at all for any platform, especially a free one.
But you can't do #3 out of the box. In fact, you can't do 3 without paying money or breaking the law.
Sorry, Linux isn't ready for the 2008 desktop. If it were still 1998 (or 1988) you'd have it all locked up.
i think he more meant 'not skinny as a rake like the ice addicts i like to watch in my porn'
for fuck's sake. to say natalie portman is in *any* way overweight is fucking ridiculous. concerned about our own body image and projecting our insecurities on others are we??
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