Ubuntu Reaching Out To 16,000 Anime Lovers 293
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shadowmage13 writes "After months of planning, I am happy to announce finally that the Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team will be preparing a booth at the upcoming 2010 Anime Boston convention. We need support from the community to secure a booth and print materials, including copies of the Ubunchu! manga. I really believe the Anime fandom is a perfect match for Ubuntu, as they are by nature very much in line with open source and remix culture."
There is one problem, though (Score:5, Funny)
Neither Tux, nor any Ubuntu release mascott I know of has tentacles.
OTOH, one of the protagonists in NGE was a penguin, so there's still hope for acceptance...
Yeah, right! (Score:3, Funny)
Because another 16.000 clueless, facebooking, twittering and oh-so-creative metrosexuals is EXACTLY what the Ubuntu community needs.
The next distrobution is going to be called ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:There is one problem, though (Score:3, Funny)
Re:There is one problem, though (Score:2, Funny)
"immensely diverse and interesting anime culture"
Oh man, my sides...
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE: "kawaii" means "cute".
The English translation of Ubunchu is still flawed (Score:5, Funny)
Sometimes the translators simply failed to grasp the meaning of the original text. In panel 3, the girl says "Yokenna, kono!" ("Why you, don't dodge!") and the boy replies "Maji iteendazo!" ("Those really hurt, you know!"; they are both referring to the CDs she's throwing), but in the English translation it turns into "Stop messing around! It can't be any good!". The third girl's line, "Hamori nagara kenka shinaidee!", is not so easy to render in English, but it definitely doesn't mean "Stop talking at the same time!": it means "You were speaking in unison a minute ago [panel 2], so don't fight now!"
Other times, the translation is clumsy. In panel 1, "Saikin ninki no desktop na Linux desu!" ("It's the most popular desktop Linux these days!" - or, more literally, "It's a desktop Linux that is popular these days") becomes "It is very popular with the users, and it is the hottest desktop Linux distribution available."
And that's just the first page.
I reported these and more flaws months ago, but since the maintainer took offense to my harsh but polite comment ("the translation should be redone", I said), he simply rejected the "patch". It's hard not to crack wise that this is just like a real open source project.
(Actually, I know most maintainers aren't like that, so hold those Flamebait mods.
Re:I'm an Anime fan... (Score:4, Funny)
Sums it up nicely. This has to be the dumbest combination of two random things since someone tried to sell Windows 95 at a double glazing exhibition. Hey, we all like the word window, right? Don't we?
Re:Hooray for Anime! (Score:3, Funny)
And I want an OS based around gardening, sericulture and possibly quality headphones but then I've got my head stuck my ass and no life.
This is great! (Score:4, Funny)
This will give Ubuntu the mainstream credibility we've been seeking!
Re:Yeah, right! (Score:4, Funny)
We called them "yuppies" - would that term be demeaning enough?
But that word doesn't have "sex" in it, and it doesn't sound like the words "homosexual" or "transsexual." As we know, sex is dirty enough, but homosexuals and transsexuals are all disease-ridden, AIDS-infested, sex-crazed, godless, hedonistic, er..., I'm sure there are a few more words I could use along those lines but I haven't had my tea^H^H^Hcoffee yet (of course I'm a real man! tea is for girls!). At any rate, no, "yuppie" wasn't demeaning enough.
Besides, someone who's young and upper class might just be well-connected and a hard worker. Homosexuals, transsexuals, and their newest effiminate (nothing worse than being feminine, a fate worse than death) sexual deviant might be well-connected, but hard-working, even deserving? Pfft. </troll>
Cheers
Re:There is one problem, though (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yeah, right! (Score:5, Funny)
I believe it's "Apple users"
Well this was the best damn Fedora ad all week (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Problems for anime fans with Linux (Score:3, Funny)
I just went and downloaded a more recent VLC version and played something with it and surprisingly it wasn't hilariously broken. It's like I'm really using a player developed in the 21st century. I suppose I must tentatively (only tentatively because I didn't do a thorough test of its capabilities) retract my jab at VLC's subtitle support, but maintain my vague assertions about its general quality as a video player and the frequency with which it kicks defenseless little puppies.
Re:Yeah, right! (Score:3, Funny)
Aye! n I'd shut yer face, unless yous want a Glasgow kiss!
Oblig XKCD (Score:5, Funny)
Guys, I'm disappointed you haven't got here already. http://xkcd.com/178/ [xkcd.com]
Re:I Had to Read This 5 Times... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yeah, right! (Score:4, Funny)