Rare Photos: Gnu Crashing a Windows 8 Launch Event

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 27, 2012 @05:40AM from the somebody-call-attenborough dept.

New submitter Atticus Rex writes "Reporters and security guards at the Windows 8 launch event weren't sure how to react when they were greeted by a real, live gnu. The gnu — which, on closer inspection, was an activist in a gnu suit — had come for some early trick-or-treating. But instead of candy, she had free software for the eager journalists. The gnu and the Free Software Foundation campaigns team handed out dozens of copies of Trisquel, a fully free GNU/Linux distribution, along with press releases and stickers. Once they got over their confusion, the reporters were happy to see us and hear our message — that Windows 8 is a downgrade, not an upgrade, because it steals users' freedom, security and privacy."

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Powell's colon by Tablizer · 2012-10-27 06:01 · Score: 5, Funny

John SuGnuGnu said only a Gnu could love a Gnu.

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Re:Windows 8 downgrades security? by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · 2012-10-27 06:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Citation needed.
You must be gnu here...
Re:Worthless by VAElynx · 2012-10-27 06:21 · Score: 5, Funny

If you think the purpose of a demonstration/event is "nude tits for the onlookers", you're a moron whose thought centre has moved from cranium to crotch.
Re:OS/2 crashing by icebraining · 2012-10-27 08:14 · Score: 5, Funny

That's nothing. Windows 98 crashed its own show.

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Re:Worthless by SuperMooCow · 2012-10-27 08:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Use a 3D printer to print bitcoins to pay for Windows 8, you say? What a great idea!