Novell's Hi! I'm Linux! Ad (Third)

[159tony]

why do everyone say that the linux chick is a hottie? she's pretty and all but c'mon she's not THAT good lookin'...well i could understand if all the guys saying that are some nerdy virgins or sommin' but whatever..i'll drop off over here

[ErectopiaServer]

lol mac has been linux from the beginning :P

[yepBeerdeHaas]

Linux sucks

[MegaBubbletea]

@Nathan2all97 Yeah. I know eh.

[MegaBubbletea]

Every since switch from Windows to Ubuntu 11.04, never looked back. (Maybe once.)

[bloodaid]

isnt mac os x core based on linux?

[vigeroso]

@bloodaid Nope, it's based on Darwin which is based on FreeBSD which is based on UNIX

[Rpim1]

Linux rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[TheJustincase4]

That's funny, I've never EVER seen a mac or anyone with a mac that runs Linux. Stupid linux.

[sinisterstuf]

@TheJustincase4 I wouldn't buy a mac. But if I was given one, I would install Linux on it.

[gabrielpereca]

@sinisterstuf I would do dual-boot

[MarcosMora]

when the "pc" said mutiple destop... it was for sure it was linux

[aweinsto]

What do you think about this ? - I need your feedback…(it's running on windows -it's for children protection)

youtube.com/watch?v=48saXiJE9M­­g

[wutzerface77]

haha cool

[supertrinko]

Ahh Linux, laughing in the face of plug'n'play.

[LSSRoshi]

yes mac is overpriced at 150, when windows is triple that good point. linux is made by users copying features from other os. and windows copied mac and mac and windows copied xerox.

[Generalkidd]

@LSSRoshi It's true the actual OS X operating system is cheaper than Windows as a standalone. But very few people actually buy the standalone discs. They buy the Mac hardware. A MacBook Pro at $1500 has the exact same hardware as a Dell XPS M1530 at $800. The idea of a GUI originated from Xerox. But that's not really copying. Xerox didn't have a Start Menu or Taskbar. Xerox didn't have a Dock or Multi-Desktop feature. Xerox didn't have Windows Aero and Flip 3D. The list goes on.

[LSSRoshi]

@Generalkidd well first they both have their own MOBO, but as far as cpu and gpu they both get that from the same place. Ram I know Apple gets it from either corsair or crucial, who are both excellent memory makers. Let's just say dell doesn't, they go by the lowest bidder. Fans, heatsink, and ventiallation is similar. Their hard drives are from different manufacturers, and sound card as well. I'm not trying to justify their price points, but they do use better quality parts overall.

[Generalkidd]

@LSSRoshi Well, I'm not trying to start a flame war here, but for higher end laptops from Dell, such as the Dell XPS or even the Alienware Laptops/Desktops, the parts inside are also high quality. Now the RAM in my specific model M1530 which is a 2008 model is pretty average. Nothing special. Everything else is pretty good though. The overheating issues associated with some Dell laptops are because of the nVidia GPU. It wasn't Dell's fault. Continued in one more post...

[Generalkidd]

@LSSRoshi Most computers today use integrated sound cards or have the CPU's process the sound. Since Apple switched to Intel motherboards, the Mac hardware is pretty much PC hardware. So most integrated features on a Macbook would probably be the same parts as a Dell XPS. I think 3rd party hard drives like Western Digital or Seagate are far better than anything Apple can produce. Keep in mind that Dell doesn't make a lot of hardware. Most parts are 3rd party as is with most PC's and Macs now

[TanukiTensai]

Love the forehead on Linux...

[iRonnieClewlow]

linux suxz cock

[Tekkenfreek234]

These should air on TV!

[nextstep333]

@ schmidtbag Fedora is great for home use, fedora is just as good as Ubuntu, the idea of Ubuntu was to have the end-user in mind, Fedora is usually aimed for more experianced users, while still easier than slackware, Unfortunately Ubuntu has not really implemented the English UK, fedora has it available.

[strike4may]

This lady is sooo dam hot she look like silvia saint lol

[schmidtbag]

i'm not a fan of RPM based distros in general. fedora is good for what its intended for and nothing else - business. it is TERRIBLE for home use because it makes customization more difficult than necessary. i've been searching a long time for the right distro - for a while i've been a gnome fan but now that i prefer kde, that should immensely widen whats available for me. almost every distro has its issues

[mrhippieguy]

yeah, i'm more of a heavy-duty 3d dev. i'm getting chainsaw linux as soon as i can (currently ubuntu 8.04, 9 doesn't work with my graphics card :P)

[Kl1rr3n]

i have to say some little things over here, i'm linux user like for 7 years

ubuntu is not a real good distro, is just easy to install and use.

Debian is way better, but it is for advanced user.

I still use windows, but only like a game console and for my friends that don't use linux xD!!

[TableWolfMusic]

Ubuntu is built on Debian.

[princekrie]

Debian huh? ill give that a try after a year or 2 of useing Linux thanks.

[gmanprime500]

Wine is still updating the games it can play... never know ... eventualy you may not need windows :o

[sinisterstuf]

@gmanprime500 actually hopefully the world will move on from Microsoft's direct X and games will be able to run natively on Linux with OpenGL without the need of Wine, there are already a few games going that way, like OpenMW a popular open source remake of the popular Elder Scrolls game; Morrowing, and rumour has it steam is coming to Linux too! :)

[gmanprime500]

@sinisterstuf That would be nice, and if you wouldn't mind ill make a little correction to your comment... its Morrowind. Cant wait to see steam in my linux box though.

[sinisterstuf]

@gmanprime500 @sinisterstuf haha yeah Morrwind, my bad, disadvantage of speed typing is sometimes rubbish comes out and you don't even notice it! Linux users have noticed things that are already in steam code and functionality etc. that is used by no other OS than Linux, not even mac, so it seems to be under active development, I can't wait for those native steam games! :)

[Generalkidd]

@sinisterstuf DirectX 11 is much better than OpenGL at the moment though. So it's basically a race to see whether Microsoft can stay ahead of the open source community. Anyways, every feature in Linux originated from either Windows or OS X. The multi-desktop thing was from Mac. And newer versions of Linux such as Kubuntu and OpenSuse now have Start Menu's and Taskbars like Windows.

[sinisterstuf]

@Generalkidd not true. Let me remind you that UNIX used the windows metaphor i.e. a graphical box on your screen called a window (not windows the OS) before MS Windows or Mac OS X even existed. I do believe X, the window manager used in Linux is older than either MS Windows or Mac OS X.

[Generalkidd]

@sinisterstuf Yeah, well the Supreme Court ruled that no company can hold a patent or hold the rights to a Windows interface.

[sinisterstuf]

@Generalkidd maybe, but I never mentioned rights. I only pointed out it is the core feature of Windows / Mac OS and they weren't the first to do it, the point being that not everything in Linux is based on those 2, for which this served as a very good example.

[sinisterstuf]

@Generalkidd It's also not really right to say that features like menus and task-bar's (called window lists in GNOME) originated from any single OS, these things developed by themselves, in the same way as you can't accuse humans of copying having eyes from another animal which has eyes. We evolved to have eyes and they evolved to have eyes. It's just an example, I'm sure you get my point. DirectX has a head start. As for which is better between the two is debatable.

[Generalkidd]

@sinisterstuf Well, the Start Menu as we know it really did originate from Windows. That's why Windows 95 was such a big deal and considered a revolutionary operating system.

[sinisterstuf]

@Generalkidd This may be true and while KDE brought something similar to Linux users in 1996 I think I should point out that not all Linux interfaces have something that even remotely resemble a Start Menu, some don't need a menu at all. As an example, take a look at the *Unity* interface that the popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu, will be using as of April this year {can't post a link in a comment} not the same as a Start Menu. Also have a look at Sugar's UI, not like a Start Menu at all.

[mdaTParis]

hahaha great :D

[kmav81]

how are you gentleman??

deeper, harder, faster !!!

[ErikBjareholt]

I have 2 desktops, both multiboot, the first with Xubuntu and XP, the second one with Ubuntu and Win 7.

Then i have a server, which runs a unknown Debian distribution made by an friend.

The Debian distro runs at an 800MHz webserver with a total RAM of 128/64Mb (I'm not sure) That computer used to run Win 95. I tried to install Win XP but apparently microsoft put up a handbrake preventing you from installing Win XP SP3 on processors running lower than 1GHz...

How stupid is that?

[cyristchinia]

I actually think this is a really dumb commercial.

[jahartmanbaker]

The only reason people hate linux is because they don't understand it. It's like giving a dog a car and expecting it to drive.

[martini1179]

Well spoken, sir.

But I would argue that its more a problem of people being so used to a particular operating system that using something different is completely off-putting and frustrating.

Its more like people are used to driving stickshift, and now have to get used to automatic.

[jahartmanbaker]

that's probably right. It's just all the linux fanboy hating confuses me. It's like people continuing to live with an illness instead of taking the medicine to cure it, because they are either superstitious or afraid of change.

Maybe it's also that thrown into the mix with the "why fix a good thing" mentality, which, wouldn't be so bad if the thing people were fixing were actually not broken. "yeah, I don't need a new car. This one works fine" -- until they go up a hill.

[riDDimann]

How would anyone understand it? There's not THE linux, there's hundreds of them.

Canonical is doing a great job at making Ubuntu the #1 usable desktop distribution.

[schmidtbag]

its funny because novell, the company that hosted this commercial, tried making openSUSE the #1 linux desktop and ubuntu still beats them. i support novell's efforts but they just don't seem to pick the best way to do something, such as their IPX idea

[ErikBjareholt]

True

[uxirazor]

on the other hand average users like to see pretty desktops, everything in gui and operations done by clicking a few buttons and all.. in that field, linux is a little behind windows and osx but is rapidly gaining pace.. kde4 is a good example for the target market of pretty desktop lovers..

[uxirazor]

some linux fans might not agree but atleast to this date, linux is a better os for pros rather than average users.. i can't live without linux because we can't alter things in windows as we can do in linux.. so linux gives complete control.. it does not try to hide files, limit access or hide how things work to make the os run...

[coolerderek]

WTF wow who would want a linux man, after you paid for ur computer and operating system, you waste the money by changing ur operating system into something that's worse. That is so smart...

[uxirazor]

you don't need to pay for linux.. its not just free, its open source..

[warrior958]

FUCK LINUX

[martini1179]

FUCK TROLLS HARDER

[Axlzero451]

AGREES WITH ABOVE COMMENT IN ALL CAPS

[filipemal]

Linux is the worst SO i see!

[BIGBADBOY9112]

linux = retardation

sorry had to say that, had it in my mind for years :D

[Kazzz56]

Yeah Linux is shit.

[LesMans]

nah

[Pockahauntus]

i should be able to turn on the computer and have my mouse wokring properly without having to upgrade the BIOS, edit some xorg.conf file, and get lost in the terminal

FUCK LINUX

[PowerMacUser]

linux rules =]

[sc0tt10]

"it's ok Mac we're all friends here" sounds like Alcoholics anonymous

[nikhilbod]

LINUX ALL THE WAY WOO HOO!!

[liberator328]

thought the linux was supposed to be an ugly ogre midget!

[YouMockMe]

actually with teh advent of beryl its got more eye candy than any other OS

[ZOMGxuan]

If there were only more actual Linux users like that... Most females, heck most people I know can't be bothered to learn the command line, despite its awesome power on not only Linux but the other OSes as well

[ksoul22]

Linux can be used without touching a command line.

But unlike osx were doing some power user things are painless( normal people don't really dual boot) in linux you'd better get use to the terminal if u want to go beyound basic, basic things. Like installing apps outside of add/remove programs will make the average joes head explode.

But then again, if he or she needs it that bad, he/she should figure it out.

[processcolor]

that was the gayest video i've ever seen. I can find the advantages in any of 3 OS. stop telling linux's the best. Its different, (even if i prefere linux)

[nicolunacba]

I think the same. I used Linux, MacOS, Windows, AmigaOS, among others and IDK what is the best yet. Now I am using MacOS and Linux, but both have some problems, so IDK.

[Midori0Neko]

all 3 OS is quite good, BUT they have different limits and task.

Linux/Unix

+good for servers and other remote tasks.

-bad for normal users, even if it does most tasks the config of software is huge

Mac

+good for making Graphics ( at least so gos the myth)

-bad for various work-environments, simple so little good software. No good games

Windows

+good for your standard user.

-tends to do useless things at cost of performance. so many scams/virus

[joeysneddon]

and what do you base it "bad for normal users" on? Your own usage? Linux is the easiest desktop to learn from scratch.

[Midori0Neko]

Normal as in Old windows users, hmm dunno how easy linux has become, but last time i needed it ( 1-2 years ago ) it was a PAIN! it the ass for all that custom driver making. Not for taking about the Wine setup. the millions of different install methods. the confusing about getting my HUGE list of programs to work. But when it's up it's Smooth and enjoyable

[joeysneddon]

linux is the eaaaasiest pile of OS out there now! Ubuntu detects all of my hardware and the only thing i needed to 'alter' myself was using ndiswrapper to get my wifi working. which was as hard as sticking my wifi cd-rom in and choosing the Windows Xp x64 driver. If linux is EASY and painless in 64bit, it must be totally awesome for 32 bit users too.

[Midori0Neko]

I was talking about starting from zero, not ubuntu since that's a bundle packet, Linux + most common things. ( okay that is good for normal user i admit )

Heres the problem, all that good software you are used to use are GONE! ^^ and wine is a pain in the ass.

One might also be unlucky and have some of that software that ubuntu don't have drivers for ( Common problem ) Then expert help is needed.

[joeysneddon]

HUH?! No-one would start linux 'from zero' - Ubuntu is a bunch of packages it's a distribution and is complete in the same way as Windows or OS X. No-one coming from Windows would compile an OS from scratch (hardly anyone whould!) so i think you've lost your point there!

As for software you're 'used' to just run it in a virtual machine - i run cs4 in one and its full speed. as for "drivers for software" - you only have drivers for hardware, and this is NOT a problem on linux its all automatic.

[Midori0Neko]

Right i can see your linux runs quite smooth, but some have problem with it, ( including me ) and that's fine ^^

Don't take me wrong i love linux, it saves more cpu than any other os.

but the config "I" need to use is far beyond my patience. and i see quite alot of forums of people having the same problem.

But lets drops this chat it clear to see we don't share the same experiences at this topic. let's call it a draw ^^

[MRK00ProductionZ]

linux sux

[fierrosoft]

no BSD is the Berkley software distribution of the university of Berkley and the only system i know those guys develop is UNIX so thats not Linux

[ElectroFloggerNegro]

Linux rulez

[hellomynameis112233]

she's hot... and but still linux sucks

[Evi1M4chine]

The best thing is, that both MacOS X and the NT line of windows (including Vista) are based on BSD clones in big parts. BSD is very close to Linux. So everything is somewhat based on Linux.. which is based on Unix. :D

[nouShit]

omg that Linux is so hotttt !!! i would try to start it using right NOW

[drjaymahdi1]

That Linux girl is a hottie!

[Twelveinchpvpness]

Ah, excellent. Another élite among this... rabble - a diamond in the rough! We Linux bakers are few and far between, friend. I, too, have learned the art of baking monkeys.

To simplify things for new users, I am considering implementing the command bkmnk, with switches -s -c and -b, to represent soft, crispy, and burned, respectively. Please do add suggestions if you have any.

[rhoghost]

y do ppl show always show windows as a 40 year old business guy and mac as a 22 year old college guy? well, i have no arguments about Linux here, i mean Linux is hot like the grl in the ad.

[Wissen1984]

Wow! Linux is so pretty!

[sinisterstuf]

@Wissen1984 and in real life too

[obzelite]

i love the way linux users have a bigger 'penis envy' problem than mac ppl.

Yeah, dont worry its not the size that matters its the way you use it.

[Stevanx]

The funny thing about this is, that it isn't true :)

I haven't got a grudge against mac users, nor windows users. What i do have a grudge against is Mac users who just can't shut up about using a Mac. They got the problem.

Oh, and Mac OSX is even based on the linux kernel so try not to piss on your own shoes ;)

[wm4k]

technincally, it's based on the BSD kernel not the linux kernel.

[Twelveinchpvpness]

Yar, I was going to point that out too. The BSD Unix kernel is quite different in design from Linux : ]

[Souvergin]

Mac OS-X ist based on real UNIX (V 7 -> BSD) not on Linux.

[Lilarouge]

and BSD is one of linux distributions

[Keruaran]

BSD is Unix.

[avenuePad]

Exactly! lol It's obnoxious how some Mac users will claim that Macs are perfect. There's little performance difference between Macs and PC (windows) anymore. Linux is the shit, and I'm soon going to make the switch. :)

[ericmcbride]

Growing up is not the remedy to understanding that the Macintosh is simply the easiest thing to install and use for most people and if you don't see that, you need to either try it or stay in your code-closet.

[raveeshnagpal]

when was the last time u had to install a mac. try it and i bet that u'll end up running linux. and linux does not require coding knowledge unless u really wish to. and as fas as mac is considered. come-on what is there except a good looking difficult to understand interface?

[ericmcbride]

dood. Linux is too hard to use for the masses. Do you understand or what?!

[gurelin]

Huh! What are you smoking? I started with nothing and now I can help people installing Linux in their laptop. It isn't hard if you want to learn. If you keep on thinking that it is hard, it is. So, in order to have a better life, we need to face the challenge.

Grow up!

[SenesX]

Exactly, I learned SUSE Linux from scratch.

[blkzen]

its all unix based anyway so who gives a shit?

[Jojojojof]

my dad has liike way 2 many linuxes

[LemmensSteven]

In this video I especially like the fact that it is the Macintosh who doesn't admit to running Linux as easily as the PC-user does. I think that's very realistic in a way. I know for a fact that some of my friends (and all Mac-users) actually run Linux besides MAC OS X. Some don't even admit it, because "MAC OS X is so much better".

[nitramdh]

The world want linux, i'm running some windows aplications under linux and they run just great

[slickerthanyouravera]

We must thank Sun microsystems for bringing office to linux....thanks guys !