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Ubuntu Reaching Out To 16,000 Anime Lovers
shadowmage13 writes "After months of planning, I am happy to announce finally that the Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team will be preparing a booth at the upcoming 2010 Anime Boston convention. We need support from the community to secure a booth and print materials, including copies of the Ubunchu! manga. I really believe the Anime fandom is a perfect match for Ubuntu, as they are by nature very much in line with open source and remix culture."
Neither Tux, nor any Ubuntu release mascott I know of has tentacles.
OTOH, one of the protagonists in NGE was a penguin, so there's still hope for acceptance...
This is Slashdot. Common sense is futile. You will be modded down.
Because another 16.000 clueless, facebooking, twittering and oh-so-creative metrosexuals is EXACTLY what the Ubuntu community needs.
Touchy Tentacle. It will feature advanced social networking services that will allow people to finger their friends over Twitter, Facebook, Pidgin, etc and see what they're up to. Their new motto will be: "Linux for Human Beings and their noodly appendages.".
I sent the maintainer some corrections back in April, but he thought my criticisms were too harsh and chose to ignore them.
:-) :P)
Sometimes the translators simply failed to grasp the meaning of the original text. In panel 3, the girl says "Yokenna, kono!" ("Why you, don't dodge!") and the boy replies "Maji iteendazo!" ("Those really hurt, you know!"; they are both referring to the CDs she's throwing), but in the English translation it turns into "Stop messing around! It can't be any good!". The third girl's line, "Hamori nagara kenka shinaidee!", is not so easy to render in English, but it definitely doesn't mean "Stop talking at the same time!": it means "You were speaking in unison a minute ago [panel 2], so don't fight now!"
Other times, the translation is clumsy. In panel 1, "Saikin ninki no desktop na Linux desu!" ("It's the most popular desktop Linux these days!" - or, more literally, "It's a desktop Linux that is popular these days") becomes "It is very popular with the users, and it is the hottest desktop Linux distribution available."
And that's just the first page.
I reported these and more flaws months ago, but since the maintainer took offense to my harsh but polite comment ("the translation should be redone", I said), he simply rejected the "patch". It's hard not to crack wise that this is just like a real open source project.
(Actually, I know most maintainers aren't like that, so hold those Flamebait mods.
>and I think Ubuntu is fucking stupid.
Sums it up nicely. This has to be the dumbest combination of two random things since someone tried to sell Windows 95 at a double glazing exhibition. Hey, we all like the word window, right? Don't we?
I want a list of atrocities done in your name - Recoil
>Would love to see a distro geared towards anime fans!
And I want an OS based around gardening, sericulture and possibly quality headphones but then I've got my head stuck my ass and no life.
I want a list of atrocities done in your name - Recoil
This will give Ubuntu the mainstream credibility we've been seeking!
"I really believe the Anime fandom is a perfect match for Ubuntu" I've come to the same conclusion and ran away from both!
I just went and downloaded a more recent VLC version and played something with it and surprisingly it wasn't hilariously broken. It's like I'm really using a player developed in the 21st century. I suppose I must tentatively (only tentatively because I didn't do a thorough test of its capabilities) retract my jab at VLC's subtitle support, but maintain my vague assertions about its general quality as a video player and the frequency with which it kicks defenseless little puppies.
Guys, I'm disappointed you haven't got here already. http://xkcd.com/178/
Well otakon is 3 days ... My lappy is done X and xfce with me being away most the day way before then. If he tries KDE4? I'll have a dedicated page in his Death Note ... written in blood.