Linux For Supervillains

computernut writes "Supervillains seem to like Linux. Take a peek at a cool Shockwave Animation on why they use it." Cute little animation. I think we might have shown it here before, but hey it's Sunday, and August which means this is the closest thing to news we might have all day.

everyone hates on Taco..

[Anonymous Coward]

..but at least he's honest about it. Doesn't fucking bother capitalizing August or Sunday, doesn't care to look up if it's a dupe.

*gasp* He's just another lazy computer geek! Everyone, get the pitchforks and torches! We're supposed to all be pissed off cuz he's getting paid to be a lazy geek! We're supposed to gripe about having subscriptions and.. o, wait, I'm an AC.

Yes, anyway, Taco is still my man.

Re:OLD!

[lightyear4]

who cares?? it entertained me - thats more than you can say for most /. posts

Re:Um, how come

[TheLetterPsy]

This is /. and the guy said Linux, ergo . . . relevant.

Re:Hey, I happen to like this...

[Poromenos1]

I don't think it promotes linux... I think they're actually making fun of it where they say "you have to compile it, patch the kernel, etc". (I'm not being a troll).

Re:Are you kidding me?

[diegocgteleline.es]

Not even for non-suscribers. It has been more than a year since I saw this - how can people think this is "new(s)"?

Re:Are you kidding me?

[JPriest]

It is for the people who couldn't figure out how to link flash from mozilla back then.

Or...

[Anonymous Coward]

He could've just not posted any new articles, keeping the ones that are there on the main page so we can discuss them more.

Why we used to love /.: In the good ol' days, Taco and Hemos posted an article when there was something to post, maybe once an hour, maybe once a day. Articles stayed on the front page for days, and we managed to have meaningful discussions about them.

Why we don't love it anymore: There's now a quota of one article per hour (or one per 2 hours during USA-side nights and weekends). This results in lots of lame articles and dupes, and makes the older articles disappear from the front page quickly. Unless you're glued to your computer, there's no way to carry on a meaningful discussion, and there's a rush by everybody to post a comment within the first few hours, flooding the articles with irrelevant stuff.

Basically, slashdot's gone from quality to quantity. Great for ad revenue, not so great for readers.

Re:Um, how come

[MrShaggy]

However I would think that a 'news' site like this would at least give it up for one of their own.

Re:Linux versus Windows

[Otter]

Perhaps you could enlighten me as to why an X crash demands a reboot or even wipes out all your work.

Note that I prefaced my comment with "For most desktop use, though..." Most desktop use uses the GUI and an X crash wipes out all your work. Most desktop users don't have a second computer to ssh in and kill the locked-up X on the first.

If the "At last, Linux Is Ready For The Desktop!" crowd wishes to add a caveat that "...as long as you do all your work in screen and have two computers" -- then, yeah, Linux almost never crashes.

Re:Linux versus Windows

[TrappedByMyself]

You do realise that there's other desktop environments and window managers than KDE/Gnome, right?
 
Only if Linux is your hobby. Something it will never be, and shouldn't be, for the vast majority of people.
 
"What? Grandma? You're having problems with the Linux box I conned you into buying? It doesn't work as well as your Windows one did? Well, you ignorant slut, don't you realize that the KDE and Gnome that came preinstalled are crap? Those are crashing, not your computer. You don't know the difference? And you do realize there other window managers out there. Jeez, quit whining about email and learn how to use your computer, you stupid whore."

I liked it!

[TarryTops]

Well I kinda liked it. It's Sunday and some nutty flash can't do me any harm, now can it?(Besides my RHEL4 which I'm trying to tune thru my VNC wirelessly).

Re:Linux versus Windows

[Anonymous Coward]

Upgrade from Windows 98