__/ [ 7 ] on Saturday 19 August 2006 18:03 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> (video) As a windows user, I'll admit this Linux desktop is very slick
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>> | I've never really seen a Linux setup before, this video is making me
>> | think maybe it's time for a change.
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>> http://digg.com/linux_unix
> video_As_a_windows_user_I_ll_admit_this_Linux_desktop_is_very_slick
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>> I suspect we'll be hearing many stories like this.
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>
> The Beeb recently showed pasta la vista on TV with some
> of its crapola graphics 'features' but failed to mention
> mainstream GNU/Linux or show any of its wonders like Compiz/XGL
> or show Big Linux and its 3D translucent window systems.
> Mind you its from the same idiot who claimed bittorrent was
> 'stealing' the net's bandwidth, which is about as valid
> as claiming the beeb steals TV license money from the public
> to make tv that nobody watches.
*LOL* Fine point.
Well, mind you, Microsoft pays to have its O/S promoted. There are 900
million US dollars invested in Vista advertisements. C|Net just cannot stop
shoving those Vista ads ('articles') in the RSS feeds, the side bars, and
their news index. And that's just /one/ example...
Worry not, however, because delivery of information is changing. Many
teenagers are ditching TV and opting for the Net instead. But the arm of
Redmond can still penetrate young minds in sites like MySpace. It just
cannot help groping those toddlers and getting them exposed to this
conception that there is only one way to computing (e.g. Office classes at
schools and coupons redeemable with MS software, as the result of antitrust
settlements).
I still fail to grasp why Apple needs to refer to Windows in an obscure way
by saying "PC" (Personal Computer). All that copyrights/trademark BS only
helps Microsoft be perceived as the foster family of "personal computing"
while everything else is classed as "an alternative". Okay, I'll stop
rambling/ranting... *sigh*
Spread the word. Mail your friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUSn-jBA3CE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lawkc3jH3ws
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