Red Flag Linux: Real, and Reviewed 397
Over at NewsForge (NewsForge is part of OSDN, as is Slashdot), Roblimo has posted his impressions of the long-awaited, much-ridiculed Red Flag Linux (English version). It may not be a big seller outside of the Chinese-speaking world (despite the available English-language install), but it's not a hoax, and it's available as an ISO for download. Update from Roblimo: I did not write the NewsForge Red Flag review. Matt Michie deserves all credit for this excellent work.
sob (Score:4, Funny)
We need better jokes.
one thousand million Linux users, a cool billion (Score:3, Funny)
it is safe to say:
Now we can get back at those pirates (Score:5, Funny)
(oh wait...)
Re:Ummmm anyone dig on that site? (Score:3, Funny)
not sure if its a good or bad idea considering the no root password on install thing.
Two words... (Score:2, Funny)
That's right, they don't set a root password, and seem to expect users will be running as root right from the start. That's surely not the best way to introduce a newbie into best practices.
Two words: CODE RED!
abbreviated version of the review (Score:5, Funny)
The installer is slow. Incidentally, I'm running it in a VMware window. I wish I knew why the installer is so slow! Now the installer has crashed! I bet I could bring my system back up without rebooting if I knew how.
This looks like Red Hat! I'll poke around in the menus. This looks like Red Hat! I'll use it for another five minutes, and then finalize my opinion. This looks like Red Hat!
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Redflag, internet ready microwave oven. (Score:4, Funny)
I also like the way the "NEW" icon on their homepage is a hyperlink to
This just in! (Score:2, Funny)
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA -- Following closely on the heels of the recent successes in the Chinese information industry, known to have invoked advanced commands such as:
cd
find . | sed -e s/Hat/Flag/g
the North Korean Ministry of Information and Technology has announced its own groundbreaking Linux distribution bearing the state's official endorsement - Plebian GNU/Linux.
Also believed to be in the pipeline are other state sponsored distributions, including Yellow Snake, Handbrake, RuSE, and Blackware Linux.
Linux does not have a chance in China. (Score:1, Funny)
Most Chinese support the idea of stealing software. Hence, to this day, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan collectively are considered the software piracy capital of the world.
When a Chinese can get Windows for free, why would he get Linux?
One of the strongest arguments for Linux is that it is free. Hence, Linux has been gaining market share against Windows and Solaris in the West -- particularly, the USA.
The Chinese just do not have the same notion of right and wrong that we Americans have.
This gives . . . (Score:2, Funny)