QuickieWorld 23
chris wrote in to tell us that Registration for the 3rd Annual Atlanta Linux Showcase is open. First 100 registrations get an OS-Wars T-Shirt (I have one, they rock)
brazilian brain sent us an English Translation of an Interview with Alfredo Kojima of WindowMaker fame.
Scott wrote in to tell us that the July issue of Daemon News is online and Jim wrote in to tell us that the July issue of The FreeBSD 'zine is out too.
geophile wrote in to tell us that Propoganda 10 is out. More excellent background images to consume your free RAM. Very yum.
erios23 notified us of a new toy on jwz's webpage.
BluBall sent us a Slashdot reference in
Salon's Silicon Funnies. Spoofs Linux and Slashdot and even me a bit I guess (well, my name anyway).
And finally chrisd (who may be biased on this one)
wrote in to say that VA is one of the 10 best companies to work for
(According to ZD) ranking amongst Replay, Nokia and Novell. I suspect
that Nerf has something to do with it.
jwz's new toy (Score:1)
hey! (Score:1)
Developing on old hardware (Score:2)
Yes, developing on the latest h/w is nice for the edit/compile/debug cycle, but it doesn't encourage you to keep it lean and mean. Hehe, even on my 386, my editor got a little bloated (embeded python, reads gzipped files...).
Hmmm.... Alan... (Score:1)
The Alfredo Interview was posted earlier... (Score:2)
There are plenty of Window Maker lovers on Slashdot. Could we put together an "Alfredo Needs An Upgrade" fund? If it was organized by someone trustworthy like Rob, I'd pitch in my US$20.
anyone else with me, or should I bring it up with my LUG?
--Lenny
Re:Implications of the T-Shirt (Score:2)
Re:The Alfredo Interview was posted earlier... (Score:1)
Stan "Myconid" Brinkerhoff
Prop10! (Score:1)
Its a MUST download.
Re:hey! (Score:1)
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Re:hey! (Score:2)
However, I strongly suspect that CmdrTaco has a strong desire to become a professional homemaker, much like that guy from Interior Designs on PBS and Discovery. Unfortunately, Martha has already claimed the title of world's most well-known homemaker, leaving MarthaTaco -- erm... I mean, CmdrTaco to fall back on his second greatest passion, providing a public venue for open-source flame-wars.
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Implications of the T-Shirt (Score:3)
Darth Vader is Luke's father.
Leia and Luke are brother and sister.
C-3PO was built by Anakin/Darth Vader (hmmm, embrace and extend perhaps?)
The implications of all of this staggers the mind. Can you see the scene at the next Comdex when Bill looks over and says, "Linus, I am your father!" Of course, I look forward to the day when I hear, "You were right, you were right about me. Tell your sister, you were right." The connection between Leia and Luke is also interesting. Hidden at birth, but really related. At last we know the truth. The end of the OS naming wars is over.
Commander Burrito? (Score:2)
Correct Propaganda URL (Score:2)
Can I buy just a shirt? (Score:1)
My favorite. Linux + Starwars. Yum.
That's GNU/R2D2! (Score:1)
Re:That's GNU/R2D2! (Score:1)
R2D2: Destroyer of worlds.
:)
About that shirt: Quite ugly... (Score:3)
I must admit, I often think that the open source community desperately needs talented graphic designers. While this image is a neat idea, it simply looks like it was done by an advanced amateur. But not by a professional...
Same with many other designs. Check out the results of any recent "logo design" contest for open source projects. 95% of the entries are very very bad combinations of cliparts stolen from other images.
Think of the surfing penguin from the Beowulf project. That's a _really_ good design! Or the other penguin from the GGI project. Folks who have this talent should be encouraged to do more designs.
P.S.: No, I don't pretend that I can do better. There's a reason why I don't do graphics design. But there are people out there who can. We need to ask them to contribute.
Re:Implications of the T-Shirt (Score:1)
That's the one where we see Alan Cox in the bronze bikini.
please.. no...
My god, it's full of stars....
A good line in Salon's "burrito" post (Score:1)
propoganda? (Score:1)
Oh well.
Re:That's GNU/R2D2! (Score:1)
And i'm out of town?? (Score:1)
Hey if anybody knows of an Athens Georgia based LUG could they give me a message. I have some questions and I'd like some local help.