Rare Photos: Gnu Crashing a Windows 8 Launch Event 313
New submitter Atticus Rex writes "Reporters and security guards at the Windows 8 launch event weren't sure how to react when they were greeted by a real, live gnu. The gnu — which, on closer inspection, was an activist in a gnu suit — had come for some early trick-or-treating. But instead of candy, she had free software for the eager journalists. The gnu and the Free Software Foundation campaigns team handed out dozens of copies of Trisquel, a fully free GNU/Linux distribution, along with press releases and stickers. Once they got over their confusion, the reporters were happy to see us and hear our message — that Windows 8 is a downgrade, not an upgrade, because it steals users' freedom, security and privacy."
argh (Score:0, Funny)
damn hippies
A valuable lesson learned today. (Score:4, Funny)
Powell's colon (Score:5, Funny)
John SuGnuGnu said only a Gnu could love a Gnu.
Activist is an old Indian word.... (Score:4, Funny)
...that translates roughly to "Doesn't have a real job.'
Re:Windows 8 downgrades security? (Score:5, Funny)
Citation needed.
You must be gnu here...
Nice beard. (Score:5, Funny)
"The gnu — which, on closer inspection, was an activist in a gnu suit"
It's hard to tell the two apart sans suit, sometimes.
Said as a GNU/Linux enthusiast.
Re:Worthless (Score:5, Funny)
Re:only Windows 8? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So it wasn't a real, live Gnu... (Score:5, Funny)
Of course it would. Chances are it would also be csh'ed, ksh'ed and zsh'ed (amongst others) as well.
Re:Sounds like a plan (Score:4, Funny)
No {GNUs,news} is good {GNUs,news}.
Not a gnu (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Crashing, huh? (Score:5, Funny)
Good thing it wasn't dark, they would have been likely to have been eaten by the GNU.
Re:It was funny in 1995 (Score:3, Funny)
Huh. Portugal has hipsters, too.
So, when folks ask them where they're from and what's their native tongue, they say in their Gallician accent, "It's so cool, you've never heard of it."
Re:Worthless (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Worthless (Score:5, Funny)
What truly pathetic depths Slashdot has sank to.
They let you in for a start.
Re:OS/2 crashing (Score:5, Funny)
That's nothing. Windows 98 crashed its own show.
Re:Worthless (Score:5, Funny)
Use a 3D printer to print bitcoins to pay for Windows 8, you say? What a great idea!
Re:Worthless (Score:5, Funny)
Only people who already support their cause are supposed to look at them naked in public. It's in the EULA somewhere.