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

[benghaith]

People all over the world underestimated the Linux platform for a long time now, describing it as UNIX's illegitimate son!! Yet large companies and organizations are deploying it largely in a huge divisions and sectors, especially in main frames, database severs, security management servers, render farms and many; many more, such companies are Google, NASA, ILM, Digital Domain, Bank of America, City Bank and thousands of other companies, though I'm a Mac user!!

[ZYKLONBKILLSHITLER]

They should both just shut down then Linux hops in like, "LOLOLOL I'M LINUX, L33T H4X FOR TEH WIN!"

[kwaig0n]

what does PC mean by "I was here first"? Wasn't Mac first home computer?

[sinisterstuf]

@kwaig0n Actually UNIX was the first system with a graphical desktop and a mouse, it came out about 5 years before the first Version of Windows. Mac and Linux are based on UNIX.

[ApostolicJesusGirl]

Linux is...okay

[sudo42]

For gaming purposes, I just dual boot. It's actually quite easy. Just take a windows computer and put a Linux install disk in. The only games I play are usually short and lightweight (Just beat American Mcgee's Alice) so I only have 25% on my windows partition. Although sim city should run fine with Wine. As for everything non-gaming, there is replacements that are, in my opinion, for better than the two hundred dollar versions.

[MrLoganDunleavy]

I would switch but I want to know if all my vista games (ex: sim city) will run on linux

[sinisterstuf]

@MrLoganDunleavy most certainly, you just need to install WINE Windows compatibility layer on Linux :)

[sk8dudejames]

Have you tried linux at all, if i didnt need to rely on photoshop cs4 for windows i would switch to ubuntu in a heartbeat

[ninty9notout]

gimp is gud and does about 90% if things photoshop does but it's no photoshop :p

i use both.

[sk8dudejames]

yea ive used gimp but with cs4's improvements from cs3 and that my school uses it, it only makes sense to use it lol

and i just prefer it also

[PawBadReligion]

Actually, you can run Photoshop with Wine.

[cyborgtroy]

Since Novell made this ad it might have Microsoft proprietary video pixels in it.

Watch out.

[uxirazor]

lol.. well said..

i don't know why there are two thumb downs on ur comment..

[cyborgtroy]

I guess people don't like Novell x Windows jokes.

I thought it was funny. Proprietary pixels... heh.

[therealmetroidmaniac]

why did this get down thumbed?

[cyborgtroy]

That's a good question. Novell and Microsoft have kind of a strange relationship, and some people don't trust Novell, but I guess 3 people don't want to admit that.

[iHateToRegister]

Cute Linux girl!

[AjaxService]

Well, there are also black swans! Why not such female Linux users? But if you know the median...

[IWILLEATYOUHEAD]

How long have you been standing there?

...Long time...

LOLGASMIC

30 years

[cyborgtroy]

Pretty amazing since the kernel is like .. ? 17?

[piefge83]

oh yeah it is :)

[patheticcockroach]

Linux is hot ^^

[etherous]

Anything > linux

[cyborgtroy]

anything is not a valid command, and linux is not a valid file.

[jambo310]

30 million is in relation to machines that run linux, meaning that since most servers are linux there is prob only like 3 million ish, maybe even 1

[KurosanNitebird]

Add to that the fact that most Linux users also use another OS.

Where did they get that number from anyway?

[amiressy]

MACs and Pc is are hardware and Linux is a software. Macs OsX is Linux based anyways. This is dumb as hell.

[theJojan]

Mac OS X is based on UNIX, not on Linux. Linux is not Unix. Linux is a Unix-like system, Mac OS X is a Unix based system.

[amiressy]

i didn't know that. My bad.

[theJojan]

Now you know then. :) No one got hurt.

[kipchak]

technically OSX is a modified version of freeBSD.

OSX, windows, and XP would be the correct comparison.

[theJojan]

You're correct. Wikipedia: "Darwin forms the core set of components upon which Mac OS X was developed." and "Darwin is composed of code developed by Apple along with code derived from NEXTSTEP, as well as from FreeBSD and other free software projects."

[SirFrankoman]

30 million linux users is alittle inaccurate.. Even if so, the Mircosoft site estamates 2 billion microsoft users world wide, and 180 million in the USA. Mac, I am not sure, but I do know they are 2% of the world market, so 2% of 6.3 billion is 126 million. pOor linux.

[WiccaChick911]

I doubt the starving people in africa would want a computer. Even a Linux. ;)

[lestweforget9210]

i have had all three and to me they all suck. there is no good operating system but mac was first -1984

[crimsonlung]

30 million linux users, hahahaha, they must be counting the people that use kiosks at the grocery store, thats such bs

[slickerthanyouravera]

I like windows.....its cool.......but I also like linux......never used mac

[TeeJayInDaHouse]

Jesus, THIS! is a reason to take Linux... nice one ;-)

[tungah]

Man! This linux is smokin!!!

[sokoljp]

I can only hope that Linux both sux and swallows.

[koteban]

quoted for truth

[Ijustneedthatsong]

Linux sux.

[CptRick999]

You say that because ur too stupid to use Linux. But that's an common problem with "switchers". They used to the unefficient and "clickybunty" windows things.

BTW: This ad is great^^

[Ijustneedthatsong]

I've actually never used Linux before, I just a fact of life that Microsoft is superior.

[nobodysu]

cool, we just founded a new religion. The Micro-churche, the members believe everything the marketing department of microsoft says.

[Ijustneedthatsong]

...nice. You spelled church wrong.

[nobodysu]

thanks for the hint... but when you never tempted linux, then how you now that is sux.

and if it is a fact that microsoft is so superior why microsoft is bothering us with publicity who say linux is non good?

your post is a perfect answer of a believing sect member...

i use all tree systems, all system has his pro and contra. peace :)

PS: sorry for all typos, i speak also more then one language.

[Ijustneedthatsong]

Heheh, you sound like a fuckin caveman.

[mrshr3d]

Man...I guess I'll have to start "Interfacing" with Linux, she's hot! LOL :)

[LemmensSteven]

Yes, I've seen these videos before.

They're great, since they chose to portray Linux by a woman, and the other computers by men, which could only mean the two men are interested in her (Linux). It's very nicely done :) Kudos to the makers.