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Proof That Linux Geeks Are Smooth With The Ladies

This blog has been neglected for quite some time, and been feeling really guilty about it. So lets kick off our emergence with some humor: Here is the full line in case you want to try it in your terminal: who girl; look; talk; date; strip; touch; unzip; finger; head; mount; uptime; fsck; more; more; »

Will The Fake Linus Torvalds Please Stand Up

Inspired by the popular Fake Steve Jobs blog, The Linux Foundation invited 4 prominent Linux industry leaders to guest tweet as Linus Torvalds. Users are invited to vote for their favorite fake Linus. The winner and all 4 fake Linus Trovalds will be revealed at LinuxCon 2009. They also made a hilarious promotion video parodying »

Installing Software: Tux VS. Bill Gates

One of the many tired myths about Linux is that it’s very difficult to install software. Many argue why should they type in a command instead of can just clicking next, next, check a box, next, and one more next? However Windows isn’t really as clear cut as they try to make it sound to »

Richard Stallman Dancing With GNU!

To some, Richard Stallman is very controversial. But no one can doubt that he is in sync with his inner GNU! Here he is dancing at the FISL 10 forum in Brazil. [Via VivaLinux]

Linux & Microsoft K-I-S-S-I-N-G On Twitter

MG Siegler of TechCrunch noticed something funny today. Linux and Microsoft were holding peace tweets! Well not exactly, but on the 1st of July Microsoft decided that it should start tweeting (finally?). The guy behind the Linux Twitter account, apparently a guy from Bangladesh, decided to welcome Microsoft on Twitter. Almost a day later, Microsoft »

Ubuntu is A Microsoft Product Now!

Well at least according to Dell’s website. A 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 8GB of disk space armed with Microsoft’s latest masterpiece: Ubuntu! Update: Here is the original Dell website. The error is still up. Not fixed. Doesn’t matter, print screen already did the damage Update 2: After 5 days from the original post, Dell finally fixed »

The Best Use of Icons EVAARRR!

So it has been over a month since my last post and me moving to America, and my only connection to the world is a measly Dell mini 12 netbook that Intel somehow severely screwed up when it comes to Linux video drivers. The situation isn’t exactly inspiring me to blog and do all the »

Geeks Partying Like It’s 1234567890

On February 13, 2009 at exactly 23:31:30 (UTC), geeks around the world celebrated Unix time hitting the unique 1234567890 timestamp. Hell even Google celebrated it :

MS Using Macbook Pro In Promotional Material?

I know that this is a Linux blog, and thats what readers have come to expect. But sometimes one encounters stuff that is just too good to pass. So that other day my dad bought a new HP Pavilion desktop, and since I am the geek in residence I ended up setting it up for »

Boy! Marriage is Demanding!

While stumbling (add me) today, I stumbled upon this, I just found it hilarious. Luckily I saw this before I take the plunge

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