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The First Geek Wedding At a LinuxFest

At the Ohio LinuxFest yesterday, two Linux geeks were married — or had their projects merged into a single trunk, as the officiant, Lord Drachenblut, put it. The wedding of Randy Noseworthy (proprietor of the Juiced Penguin) and Janet Edmonson was announced last week and was live-tweeted by at least one attendee — here's his photo of the happy couple. There's also a video of the ceremony, at which Jon "Maddog" Hall offered a blessing via pre-recorded audio.
Update: 09/26 20:03 GMT by KD : In the comments, anyaristow notes that this wasn't the first such wedding; Rob Landly and Fade were married at Penguicon in 2007, with Steve Jackson officiating and Eric Raymond as best man.

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  1. It will all go well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...until she finds out that he's into triple booting.

  2. Good luck by The+Clockwork+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    More than 50% of all branch merges end in conflict.

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  3. Geez by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ALTER TABLE budget MODIFY COLUMN food BIGINT;

  4. Re:Lame by IANAAC · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Those two are hideous and their gimmick wedding sickens me.

    Gad, sometimes the slash herd are awful. Particularly anonymous cowards.

    You weren't invited anyway, so it's win-win for everybody.

    It was their moment. As long as it made them happy, that's great.

  5. Re:Just wait... by Shikaku · · Score: 4, Funny

    If he forks her kernel he might have a kernel panic and then a core dump.

  6. My big fat geek wedding by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nah, that headline would be too obvious.

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  7. Congratulations. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I just thought I would use this opportunity to wish the couple a happy marriage.

  8. Been done at Penguicon by anyaristow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's already been done at Penguicon. Steve Jackson officiated and Eric Raymond was best man.

  9. I'm astonished by Harold+Halloway · · Score: 4, Funny

    Someone at LinuxFest had a girlfriend???

  10. Re:Lame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You weren't invited anyway, so it's win-win for everybody.

    For better or for worse, if you post something on the public Internet you are inviting the public to view it, form opinions of it, and comment on it. Not all such comments will be 100% favorable. If you are fortunate, most comments will be pleasant likes the ones in this discussion but there is absolutely no guarantee that they won't be mostly unfavorable. If that is intolerable, you should reconsider posting it to the public Internet.

    It was their moment. As long as it made them happy, that's great.

    Sure, but why does having "a moment" automatically mean "a moment in the spotlight?" Can you see how maybe thinking this way leaves room for (or just plain invites) comments from the peanut gallery like the one you're replying to? Can't two people who love each other have a truly meaningful moment without producing a public spectacle for a bunch of strangers? Just a thought.

  11. Re:Lame by Archades54 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hideous or not, they're both very happy together which is more than most people seem to have these days.

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  12. Which country leaglized this? by SpaghettiPattern · · Score: 4, Funny

    two Linux geeks were married

    I hear all sorts of thing like countries legalizing homosexual marriages, which is jolly good by me. But what's the bloody point in legalizing asexual marriages?!

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