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SUSE Shares Linux-Themed Music Video Parodies (itwire.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the fun-with-fair-use dept.

Long-time Slashdot reader troublemaker_23 quotes ITWire: German Linux company SUSE Linux is well-known for its Linux and other open source solutions. It is also known for producing videos for geeks and debuting them at its annual SUSECon conference. This year, in Prague, was no different. The company, which marked its 25th year on 2 September, came up with two videos, one to mark the occasion and the other all about Linux and open source. Both videos are parodies of well-known songs: the video Linus Said is based on "Momma Said", while 25 Years is a parody of "7 Years". Some of the lyrics in both SUSE videos would be meaningless to the average person -- but every word will ring a bell, sometimes a very poignant one, with geeks. And that's the primary audience it targets.
The article embeds both videos -- and also links to the music videos they're parodying. And it includes links to SUSE's two previous annual music video parodies -- Uptime Funk (based on Bruno Mars' blockbuster hit "Uptown Funk"), and Can't Stop the SUSE, a parody of Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling".

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  1. More fun with Linux by deviated_prevert · · Score: 2

    My boss got a kick out of this one.What was more fun though was running this one in stand alone flash in full screen on Linux after my boss asked to borrow my laptop a few years ago. He actually thought that my copy of windows had been hacked. Funny as hell when I had to come over and get him out of it and explain that he was not in a windows environment. He has not borrowed my laptop since but always asks for me for all his personal IT setup.

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    This message was not sent from an iPhone because Peter Sellers really was a deviated prevert without a dime for the call
  2. Re:SuSE is a U.S. company.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    SuSE is an American company that comes with a copyright agreement which you have to accept if you wish to use it.

    Wikipedia: On 27 April 2011, Novell (and SUSE) were acquired by The Attachmate Group,[4] which made SUSE an independent business unit. Later, in October 2014, the entire Attachmate Group, including SUSE, was acquired by the British firm Micro Focus International.[5] SUSE continues to operate as an independent business unit.[6]

    As an American, I always viewed it as a German distro (since it used to be) and I never see it used here (yes, I'm sure a bunch or people will now contradict me, but that doesn't change me never seeing it).

  3. rhyme by markdavis · · Score: 2

    The lyrics don't rhyme or even flow in "Linus Said." The videography and audio is good, though; but "meh". I bet a lot of people wouldn't finish it and then skip the second....

    "25 Years" is much better! Like :) Just jump to/share that one:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  4. I've run Linux for 20 years - Thank You. by BigBlockMopar · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wow. I've been running Linux for 20 years now, first as servers and number-crunchers, and in the past ten years or so as my desktop.

    OpenSUSE is one of a few distros that has been with me a long time, and it's not virtualized, it's the foundation on my bare metal.

    Thank you to everyone who brings it to me.

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    Fire and Meat. Yummy.
  5. Not too bad... by rnturn · · Score: 2

    ...and both are way better than `The Free Software Song'.

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    CUR ALLOC 20195.....5804M