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Linux Foundation Announces 2010 "We're Linux" Video Contest
prourl writes "The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced the 2010 'We're Linux' video contest. The contest seeks to find the best user-generated videos that demonstrate what Linux means to those who use it and inspire others to try it." Sadly, the winner will almost certainly be edited in Final Cut Pro on a Mac ;)
Sounds like you had no clue what you were doing.
It would also need people in the background belittling your computer skills. This thread provides sufficient input.
Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion. -Francis Bacon
I can point out a handful of people with (n) years of experience putting mirrors on a car, but that doesn't mean they are an expert car builder. Being "in IT" anymore could be someone that runs Ethernet cable to someone that processes orders for NewEgg. It could even be someone that works at Best Buy in the support section. It doesn't mean they know how a computer works and can install an operating system. (Although, every version of Linux I've installed recently has pretty much just worked so I can't see the problem here...)
Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
I'm a Mac
I'm a PC
I'm IBM
I'm a Windows
Got milk?
Can't we just trash all these? Also, the annoying commercials where lots of multi-culti people finish each other's sentences. Exactly what are you trying to say, that using your product will turn you into a hivemind? Well, isn't that neat.
How about we get more creepy children whispering about mirrors, or babies making stock trades. Babies talking like adults is PURE ADVERTISING GENIUS.
(-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)
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How many windows users install it? Usuially it's installed at the factory and that's that.
I've installed it several times, likewise various linux distros. I'd say the share of installation problems is about equal.
Oh, and 1983 called...
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Could someone with modpoints hand that guy a few? It's hitting the nail so hard on the head that I'd guess the poor piece of iron needs a pack of Aspirin.
I've seen far too many claims along the lines of "I've been in IT for (n) years and so I should be able to figure this out if it was well done". Nope. You don't. I've been in IT for about 20 years by now. Still I would be hard pressed to compare two graphics cards sensibly or actually put together a state of the art machine. Why? Because I know jack about hardware. I also still owned until about a month ago a Nokia 6070. Why? Because I know shit about cellphones either. And I'm still struggling to figure out how to use my new N97 (took 2 days to figure out how to accept a call...).
I'm fairly sure even the average shelf monkey at Best Buy knows more about hardware than me. Hell, maybe even about cells.
And I sure as hell am no Linux wizard either. I can use it, I can write software for it, but I still use the standard KDE desktop simply because I don't want to spend the time figuring out how to configure it. And I'm fairly sure I still do a lot of things "wrong" and in a way that waste a heck of a lot of time.
But even I managed to install Kubuntu easily. Even though I could probably not put a current CPU into a socket without doing some damage in the process.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Come on man, even a 5 year old should install /home on a separate partition. Frikkin' n00bs.