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Forkable Linux Radio Ad Now On the Air In Texas

Posted by kdawson on from the remix-and-burn dept.

christian.einfeldt writes "Everyone is familiar with the Linux video ads created by IBM, Red Hat, and Novell, but until recently, there have not been any professionally backed forkable radio ads. Now, Austin-based Linux advocate Ken Starks has obtained the services of a professional radio talent in creating a high quality voice track, which can easily be adapted by local providers of Linux computer services. The raw material (mp3, ogg) addresses end-user frustration with Microsoft Windows malware, and promotes Linux as a more stable alternative. Starks hopes the raw material will seed pro-Linux ads across the US, and he offers his own final product as an example of how the raw material can be remixed with music. He has released all of the raw material and final work under the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, and has waived the Attribution requirement in his blog. Starks's provocative ad is currently on the air in the Austin market during the popular talk show of Kim Komando, who just happens to be a Microsoft Windows enthusiast."

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  1. No more crashes? by DAldredge · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No more crashes?

  2. Let me guess, "Sick of windows malware?..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "come give Linux a try, where we don't even have software!"

  3. I hate for you to get this news via the internet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Not only is my six year old daughter quite happy with Linux, but one of her friends is bugging me to install Linux on his ageing Mac (what he says is "can you make it like hers")

    But I'm pretty sure that Little Mac (after a session or two of playing doctor) is just asking you to make his wee-wee go away.

  4. Re:Transcript by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah I grimaced through it too, especially at "as easy as clicking a mouse!"

    And I'm not sure what decade they're from talking about blue screens of death and rebooting after installing software. Or are we still criticizing XP RTM three service packs and two new releases of Windows later?

  5. Re:Transcript by ToasterMonkey · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    With linux, most of those updates you get are for other software you are running, and you tend not to need to restart your entire computer for them to work.

    You don't need to restart because Linux lacks a mechanism to prevent in-memory executable files and shared libraries from being overwritten on disk.

    If you don't see a problem with that, then sure, don't reboot ever, have fun.

  6. Re:Linux is not like winows. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We need to sell Linux as Linux.

    Goddamn right! And, if the lusers are too stupid to understand that it's better, fuck 'em!

    Hell, if they can't download a Ubuntu ISO, burn it to a CD and boot from it, we don't need 'em! That's pretty much the level of Linux competence here on Slashdot these days, especially among high-UID kids here, after all, and they all say it's better.

    Tell the retards that can't install Linux to get a Mac.