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He's a Mac, He's a PC, But We're Linux!
davidmwilliams writes "Earlier this year the Linux Foundation launched a competition for budding writers, film makers and just general Linux enthusiasts to make their own grassroots advertisement to compete with Apple's highly-successful 'I'm a Mac' series of adverts. The winner has now been announced."
Hey jackass, look at the winner. It is not a spoof.
is kinda too touchy feely. People won't know what that weird guy is talking about. And he has a funny accent.
http://www.getgnash.org/
We need a poll. I vote for the penguin doctor video
The penguin doctor video was much better. Btw, the linuxfoundation.org site is already /.ed, so
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svaHnha-PXs
They must be hosting this on a [Insert Your Least Favorite Underpowered Device Here].
Seems to be on the Youtubes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWEIQIv8zvY&feature=player_embedded
I donno, not a horrible video, but I have trouble seeing how that's going to convince anyone to switch to the Linuxes. I think it's a bit to idealogical and lacking in the pragmatic. It could use some, "the advantages of Linux over PC's or Mac's are thus:"
Mod my comments down. It'll be fun.
Here's the old Linux ad by IBM. It's pretty cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwL0G9wK8j4
Save your wrists today - switch to Dvorak
Gnash is not ready for prime time and last I checked, didn't currently work with youtube. Supposedly swfdec does, if you compile the latest build, but I haven't done so yet. (I'm running Linux on PPC)
My six-year old son likes Ubuntu so much that he writes his name in that roundy Ubuntu lettering.
If you haven't installed it already, ttf-ubuntu-title allows you to use that font
Like the rude AC, I re-iterate more politely:
The winning ad doesn't copy either the Apple or Microsoft campaign styles. It's actually pretty good, except for the fact that it doesn't at all make clear WHAT linux is, but it might make some people interested enough to google it.
The problem with marketing Linux, or at least *Linux* people marketing Linux, is that they seem to think that your typical layperson will place value in the same things that a technical Linux user does.
What we have here is an overly-vague advert that places emphasis on it being "free and open" and "choices." A typical end-user does not care about these things. They want a complete, integrated product that works. Free and open means little if nothing to these people.
Where people advocating the wider adoption of Linux truly fail is in realizing what people want, and instead trying to tell them what they want and what they should place value in. What makes Linux so great for some people is what makes it less adoptable for most. The real question is, does your desire for wider Linux adoption trump your desire for an loosely coupled OS with little integration and many choices?
Similes are like metaphors
You should probably actually watch the video, once it stops being slashdotted. Or go to Youtube.
The winner isn't anything that would be recognized as a I'm a Mac/I'm a PC commercial rip off, or anything like what Microsoft made either. I'm not sure why this is styled an "I'm Linux" contest in the first place, almost none of the videos had anything to do with that (The only one that was even close and worth mentioning was the "I'm Not Linux" video series).
Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite (TM)
Since the Linux Foundation's site is getting hammered, here are links direct to youtube. I hope that I got the correct vids...feel free to correct me.
First place: What does it mean to be free
Second: The Origin
Third: Linux Pub
Other two finalists: The Future is Open
Challenges at the Office
You can download the flv, mplayer will play it.
My blog. Good stuff (when I remember to update it). Read it.
Orcs?
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
Most hardware compatibility? Try installing it on anything but an x86, then get back to me.
I'm pretty sure Windows allows you to create a desktop much much larger than your monitor is able to display. There even exists the option to scroll when navigating to the portions of your desktop not in current view.
Huh? That's not what a workspace is.
Are you just picking nits because it's not broken into a grid with more buttons to click to get there? Or am I being ignorant of what "workspaces" means?
No, you're completely ignorant of what a workspace is. A workspace is a completely independent desktop from another workspace that has it's own windows open, etc. It is not a broken up grid of the desktop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workspace#Graphical_interfaces
Last I checked, gnash worked with youtube. I don't use it now because it doesn't handle all the flash crap that other people in the house want. Youtube is supported though.