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German "Linux Hotel" has Tux in Every Bed
Anonymous Coward writes "I just found this funny idea: A Linux Hotel in Essen, Germany. They give seminars, courses and workshops on Linux, some of them free. And Tux is in every bed, as seen here. Sorry, it is in german, but there are also english pages."
english pages suck I think babel fish would do beter or even I could do beter with my high school german
Spelling flames may be lame, but I just have to say something when someone claims they can do "beter" than someone for whom English is likely not their primary language.
Now, if English isn't your primary language either, then maybe you've got a point. Otherwise, crack open a dictionary and fix your Shift key.
Go back to your room loaded, there's already someone waiting in bed for you.
Ok, now I'm going to be incinerated.
That's about $50 US, isn't it? Well I guess it's sort of reasonable, as notebook rentals go.
So what kind of place is this? Is it a hotel or a LINUX-fest?
I wonder what the hell the maids think of this.
I personally think a beer/fridge combo is a better idea.
Then again, maybe the NSA/CIA/(Insert your Black Helicopter People Here) have just come up with a new anti-cyberterrorist device...
Not to mention, I'd probably have to spend a few weeks with some Berlitz tapes beforehand to get my German back up to speed...and then spend more time reading c't or some other German computer news site so my technical vocabulary would be up to par. (I had three years of German in high school...I could read some of that page, but not all of it.)
(Erbo turns away from the computer for a moment and calls out to his fiancee) Sweetie? Wanna go to Germany for a honeymoon? :-)
Eric
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"Free your code...and the rest will follow."
Be who you are...and be it in style!
The english pages suck I think babel fish would do beter or even I could do beter with my high school german
Uh..... Don't drink the koolaid there.
- A new reason to steal something from a hotel.
- I wonder if they replace them for every new visitor. You never know...
- ::drool:: Just imagine a bunch of these suckers in a Beowulf cluster.
Well, there goes my Karma...--
Here's an attempt at translating the page into english for ya. You should know that 1 USD buys about 1.7 to 1.8 marks right now, depending on the day. Stuff in paranthesis are my comments.
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Villa-Vogelsang - the first linux hotel!
Linux seminars, evening classes and Workshops will begin taking place in november in co-operation with the Essener Linux User Group and full time linux specialists. Many of these courses will be free of cost in order to stay in the sense of the nonprofit beginnings of Linux.
The Villa Vogelsang (which means mansion of bird song) is administered using linux boxes, and all rooms are connected via 100mb ethernet to an internet and email server. Linux notebooks are available to guests for training courses at a cost of 100 DM per day. (about $60)
In the evenings we offer individual training courses for 170 DM (about $100) an hour to the interested business traveler. This is usually a welcome alternative to watching television or sitting at the bar- both of which are available of course. (hmmmm... expensive personal linux lessons given in german, or a good half liter of Krombacher while watching Dortmund kill Bavarian Munich on TV, which would I prefer?) The topic of the training- be it linux, email, the internet or whatever- are to be decided on between you and your teacher.
Naturally, Tux, the linux penguin, isn't in any of the guest rooms. (I guess that picture is a joke then) However guests will find information about linux and the principles of free software beside the usual magazines. (all of which will be in german I think)
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There are some links to general information about linux, why people should switch, etc. etc. Other pages on the site describe the hotel, prices and things like that. Prices are:
Standard room: 195 DM
Better room: 245 DM
Junior Suite: 325 DM
Suite: 425 DM
Second person: 60 DM
Third person in a Suite: 60 DM
Kids under 14 can stay in their parents room for free.
Seminar Prices, max. of 30 people
Standard (inlcudes tables, chairs, overhead projector) 69 DM
Multimedia Seminar (Standart plus computer connected to the internet, email address for the day, SVGA projector, access to Dolby surround sound system, video recorder and a DVD player) 250 DM
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Do you even know anything about perl? -- AC Replying to Tom Christiansen post.
great! Now I can go to germany and have sex with stuffed penguins in a hotel room. I don't have to stay home and do it. inna spanka da monkey
The only problem, every time they make a change on the rooms, they will need to demolish and rebuild.
HTML is obsolete. It's time for a new, simpler and richer markup language.
"Linux is a free operating system for PCS, which originally originates from the large computer world, in which one from the many
/. Odd.
Basteleien, which are often usual with PCS, always kept themselves away. This system can be inserted by the rapid increase in
output of the hardware now on each home PC. In mansion-bird-sang set we Linux with large joy and for some time find you here
further information also over the current Linux meetings."
From the babelfish translation of the seminar page:
http://www.villa-vogelsang.de/aktuell.html
Hmmm, I'm having trouble logging into
Yes Tux...the ultimate bedpartner (get those sick thoughts out of your head..that IS NOT what i meant)
You heard right, he's stable...you won't hear a single snore from him!
And who needs a serta perfect sleeper? Tux never moves, drop a bowlling ball beside him, he won't mind or care! Best of all is Tux's multi-functioning way of operating...yes, it's true... tux can be making you bvreakfast while doing the laundry...all this wrapped up in a nice display that rivaly any other service like it.
Tux... he's stable, he's able, and he's ready tp serve you! Book now...space is limitied.
This hotel uses some sort of self made installation bus, controlled by Linux
:)
I wonder why there are no or few such applications like a "linux controlled" house or something...
by "linux controlled" i mean elictrically e.g. a lightswitch is connected via ethernet or some sort of installation bus to the linuxbox, and the box decides what to do... e.g. turn the light on (also via some sort of network device)...
There is some sort of bus called InstaBUS from Simens, but i have not seen any adapter for PCs..
a adapter for serial would be fine, anyone??
and then lets write a neat proggy in perl or something.
-- Philipp Lopaur
Just when everone's arguing whether open source is or isn't a political movement or is or isn't a religion, we get Linux hotels.
The scary thing is, I actually think this is rather cool.
Wow, with Internet access in every room, who needs SpectraVision(tm)!
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and www.piece-of-ass.com...
by Mike Buddha -- Someday the mountain might get him, but the law never will.
I am ecstatic of the idea of Linux hotels, and I propose that the idea be taken even further and a chain of hourly charging Linux motels be opened now. After all, Linux geeks desperately need a place to bring all those hot drunk Linux chix0rs they pick up at LUG meetings. Just picture it, what could be more romantic than a night of Linux-themed sex0r with penguin bedsheets, wallpaper, magic fingers (controlled by a Linux box of course) and a condom vending machine that distributes condoms with penguin graphics stamped on them. This is a glorious idea for horny Linux geeks across the world!
I wonder if the maids have to image the drive after the guests leave. It'd probably not take as long as changing the sheets!
Hey, this is nice - you can use a laptop with Linux during your stay. Also available are reading materials concerning free software in addition to glossy magazines! Also they have " bath or whirlpool, either with view of the park or the old garden. Mini-bar, large color TV, fax machine, modem plug, Treca beds, ... and much more."
In addition to stuffed penguins!! I had a lovely stuffed penguin as a child. In fact, i still have her! Mine was a good deal slimmer though.
Juln
better pass those tux under an ultraviolet
light before you start to snuggle.
Tux is in every bed, I forgot about "fehlen" when I translated. That sentence should be more like "Naturally Tux is missing in no guest rooms." or better said, "Naturally Tux is not missing in any guest rooms."
Now I feel stupid, I think I need to work on my german some more. Thanks for pointing out my error nowonder.
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Do you even know anything about perl? -- AC Replying to Tom Christiansen post.
This should be a possibility for other linux user groups too. Then perhaps the penguin could sing other places than at Villa Birdsong.
During the summer, I saw something about some hotel chain (Unfortunately I don't remember which) that planned to install PCs in every room. This should be a double opportunity for the linux community.
I can imagine that if they had a Tux in every room, they'd soon quit, because I don't imagine many of them would stay past the first person to stay in that room. However, I noted a translation that said that they weren't actually going to have a Tux in every room (too expense, if you ask me).. but
imagine the task of the notebooks. I know it'd be hard to steal one, considering the fact that they've got you on record as having checked one out, etc, etc... but.. another temptation to some.. actually, what I'm wondering is how much permissions you'll have over the notebook. I guess they'll just play it "safe" (at least, with a no-brainer like me, it'd be safe indeed from harm) and create a very limited user account. Of course, you could wipe the drive and re-install.. and they'd have a new distro; maybe *BSD, Mac, who knows... someone might even have the prankster idea to put Windows on the darned thing!! (ack!)
I'm just interested to see how it goes... shall have to follow up on this.. hmm.. where's my bookmark list?
Insert mind here.
Just look at that fat beak. Maybe it's his brother or cousin, but it's not Tux :-)