@jamjen: I used to live in Australia and had my fair share of Koala.
1st: they aren't soft like they look. They feel hallow and matted
2nd: They smell! You know how you see the little Koala hanging on to the mom's back. Well the reason is all they eat is Euculiptis (sp?) leaves which are toxic. To build an immunity they babies feed only off of their mother's feces which has smaller amounts of the toxin until they have immunity. So while its cute that he's hanging on to her back, his other hand is catching the feces and shoveling into his mouth. #ubuntu910karmickoala
@Ridley: I've never lived in Australia but I visited once & held a koala for a tourist photo op (sorry) and I loved every second of being with that smelly, furry, awesome being. I don't know what Ubuntu is nor do I care - I only clicked through to hopefully see more photos of koalas and to discuss koala related things. Um, yeah. I know. #ubuntu910karmickoala
My apartment is infested with Koala bears, it's the cutest infestation ever. Way better than cockroaches. When I turn on the light a bunch of koala bears scatter, and I don't want them to, I'm like "Hey hold on fellas" let me hold one of you, and feed you a leaf.
@Mediocre: When Hedberg came to my school he got into a conversation with this girl who couldn't afford air conditioning in her apartment. In the middle of the night he showed up at her place with a window unit.
wow, I had already been using the older "stable" build of Chrome for linux, but this new version is MUCH faster... We'll see how stable it is... #chromeos
I'm actually surprised that only now someone put Linux on this thing. It's been out for 2 years now? these Linux guys are starting to slack if you ask me.
Apparently running Linux leads to you getting so frustrated with it that you slam it against the table and break the top right edge of the plastic off. The iPhone OS makes me do that sometimes too..
this issue will be if the i386 distro that is out will even install on the PS3...I will try tonight, but we may have to wait and see if a PPC copy even gets released.
Just in time! This weekend I'm un-switching by giving my Macbook to the wife and setting up Ubuntu on a cheap PC laptop.
The reason? She wants to do all sorts of media stuff that her old K7 based HP Pavilion tank can't handle and I spend most of my time in a terminal or a browser.
@dingus: they have a netbook specific distro too, I now have an excuse to pick up a Dell mini, MSI Wind, or Asus netbook...which do you think would make the best ultra portable internet appliance?
I ordered a Mini 9 with Ubuntu and tinkered around with it while I waited for my upgrade parts to arrive, on which I was going to install Windows.
I hated it. I get that it's customizeable and virus free and that "real" computer users love it, but I understand why after trying to use it. It's not user friendly at all, and I would have to spend a lot of time reading HOW to do something before actually doing it. I'm just not a command-line type of guy.
I mean it doesn't use Flash. Any idea how much of my internet browsing consists of using Flash? I love YouTube and blogs often link to videos that I was unable to watch. That alone is enough to glady leave Ubuntu and Linux behind.
It was a slick interface, but it seems you need to know a decent chunk about programming to get the most out of it. I prefer to be lazy and use the years of knowledge I've already racked up with Windows. With that said, I commend those patient/smart enough to get some great use out of it.
Ubuntu really isn't as difficult as you are making it out to be. It's different, to be sure, but the learning curve isn't all that high. Still, if you'd rather stick with Windows, more power to you.
@HeartBurnKid uses Linux: the taint of OS's: This link is much more helpful than the forums I was browsing. Looks like even I could've figured this out. Thanks for the heads up, I haven't written it off forever, but my Mini will stick to Windows ;)
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1st: they aren't soft like they look. They feel hallow and matted
2nd: They smell! You know how you see the little Koala hanging on to the mom's back. Well the reason is all they eat is Euculiptis (sp?) leaves which are toxic. To build an immunity they babies feed only off of their mother's feces which has smaller amounts of the toxin until they have immunity. So while its cute that he's hanging on to her back, his other hand is catching the feces and shoveling into his mouth. #ubuntu910karmickoala
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Ubuntu - does not have chlamydia #ubuntu910karmickoala
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- Mitch Hedberg
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The man died way too soon. #ubuntu910karmickoala
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I thought Kindle 2 came out ~6mo. ago.
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@Kev50027: This explains Linux in one simple comic.
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The reason? She wants to do all sorts of media stuff that her old K7 based HP Pavilion tank can't handle and I spend most of my time in a terminal or a browser.
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I ordered a Mini 9 with Ubuntu and tinkered around with it while I waited for my upgrade parts to arrive, on which I was going to install Windows.
I hated it. I get that it's customizeable and virus free and that "real" computer users love it, but I understand why after trying to use it. It's not user friendly at all, and I would have to spend a lot of time reading HOW to do something before actually doing it. I'm just not a command-line type of guy.
I mean it doesn't use Flash. Any idea how much of my internet browsing consists of using Flash? I love YouTube and blogs often link to videos that I was unable to watch. That alone is enough to glady leave Ubuntu and Linux behind.
It was a slick interface, but it seems you need to know a decent chunk about programming to get the most out of it. I prefer to be lazy and use the years of knowledge I've already racked up with Windows. With that said, I commend those patient/smart enough to get some great use out of it.
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[help.ubuntu.com]
For other media codecs, take a look at this:
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Ubuntu really isn't as difficult as you are making it out to be. It's different, to be sure, but the learning curve isn't all that high. Still, if you'd rather stick with Windows, more power to you.
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