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Paul B. '11

Mar 16, 2009

We’re Linux!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Congratulations to the future class of 2013! I'm looking forward to meeting you over the coming weeks through the blogs and, of course, CPW.

And now, here's a cute little something to brighten your day.

Maybe I'm a little crazy, but isn't that just too cute for words? :)

The video, Challenges at the Office, was produced by a alum friend of mine from SIPB, Waseem '07. The video's been entered in the Linux Foundation's "We're Linux" contest and it's been doing quite well. If you liked the entry, I'd really appreciate it if you took a moment to vote for it online, but no big deal either way.

Any other Linux users out there, among the current students or the prefrosh? What distro do you use?

Comments (Closed after 30 days to reduce spam)

I liked the video smile. I tried to vote for it, but the link you provided sends me to an error 404. If you fix it I will surely vote :D.

PS: I want a doughnut =S

~Julio ('14?)

Posted by: Julio ('14?) on March 16, 2009

@Julio: Link fixed. smile

Posted by: Paul on March 16, 2009

Done. One more vote for your friend's video. Hope he wins the trip to Tokyo smile

~Julio ('14?)

Posted by: Julio ('14?) on March 16, 2009

I loved it. But now I'm in the mood for a doughnut. Dang you, Paul!

Posted by: Chris Praley on March 16, 2009

Nice video! Good luck to your friend.

I was a Debian user on my old laptop, but now I just run Ubuntu occasionally on my MBP through VMWare, and some open-source software (mainly Wireshark and GIMP) via macports. I'm just too much of a sucker for eye-candy to deal with X on a regular basis.

Posted by: Merritt '13 on March 16, 2009

Debian sid user =) unstable's the way to go.
It also means your system breaks often. And then you have fun trying to fix it - it's the only and best way to learn :D

Posted by: Vivian '12 on March 16, 2009

<3 Ubuntu

Posted by: !! on March 16, 2009

Ubuntu on my main laptop. smile My older laptop has Fedora on it an the moment, but its OS changes pretty frequently.

Posted by: Kelsey '13 on March 16, 2009

I voted wink great video.

Greetings from Poland wink

Posted by: Jola '14? on March 16, 2009

Except she pulls a doughnut out of a box CLEARLY labeled "munchkins." Fail! =P

Posted by: Laura on March 16, 2009

Sabayon is a great distro for those who want to use gentoo but dont have time to compile everything themselves!

Posted by: Sabayon Linux on March 16, 2009

Hahaha, that's adorable. I'm planning to try Linux this summer after partitioning my hard drive. :D

Posted by: Anon on March 16, 2009

Kubuntu 8.10! I simply love KDE--I think it has better integration.

But... I'm starting to get frustrated with *ubuntu for Ruby development... especially with gems and Rails: rubygems repository version is 1.2.0 while everyone else is at 1.3.1!

Posted by: JonTec '13 on March 16, 2009

Linux Mint all the way!

It has a lot of spiffy features and the user interface is quite attractive (and minty fresh!)

Posted by: Caitlin Mehl on March 16, 2009

She totally puts the donut in her mouth before the second game of Rock Paper Scissors. Then she gives him the half that was in her mouth. Idonno about this Linux thing.

Posted by: Sam on March 16, 2009

Ubuntu Studio FTW

I've been meaning to try the new Debian, but haven't gotten along to it.

Posted by: Sam Range '13 on March 16, 2009

debian debian debian love love love

Posted by: Karen on March 16, 2009

Fedora on laptop, Ubuntu on desktop.

Posted by: Kiran '13 on March 16, 2009

I like Linux more than Windows (and don't care about Macs at all), but since I don't technically own a laptop right now, I must admit that there is no computer than uses Linux in my house ^.^"

There will be in May, though~

Posted by: Narce on March 16, 2009

Use Ubuntu. I had a Fedora box back in high school, although I used Windows XP on my laptop more often. I've gotten better, though, and primarily use Ubuntu now. Occasionally I'll use Windows if I want to game, but that doesn't happen very often.

Posted by: ShawnOfAwesome '11 on March 17, 2009

Also, I feel like "cheesy" better describes the video raspberry

Compelling reasons to "be Linux", though wink

Posted by: ShawnOfAwesome '11 on March 17, 2009

Mandriva! Mandriva ALL the way. I wanted to use Debian or Ubuntu but I chose Mandriva in the end because the name sounded cooler.

Posted by: Aditya on March 17, 2009

what was their mood while saying: you can be too
eating doughnut or dental difficulties due to online non-linux dentistry services?

Posted by: comboy on March 17, 2009

Yes just partitioned my hard drive a few weeks ago so I can run Linux ubuntu in addition to windows!

Posted by: Justin on March 17, 2009

Lol, that's adorable.

JUMPING JACKALOPE FTW!!!

Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2009

Jaunty. Its JAUNTY.

Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2009

Kubuntu > Ubuntu !!
There is a reason why more people use Windows than Mac--the "taskbar" needs to be on the botton by default.
I am using Gutsy Gibbon and Hardy Heron.
I couldn't get the broadcom restricted drivers working in KDE4. Jaunty might work.

Posted by: Kam '13 on March 17, 2009

freebsd unix...?

Posted by: anon on March 18, 2009

I started using linux when i was 11 or so. Oh well, thanks for not admitting me ;]. MIT isn't admitting hackers anymore.

Posted by: catch me on March 18, 2009

Arch Linux running on my Thinkpad T30 and Debian Lenny on my server. The video is pretty cool too. smile

Posted by: Josh '13 on March 19, 2009

Bah, I'm Windows Vista. I beat Linux raspberry

Posted by: Muz on March 19, 2009

L scissors Linux
is your car auto-shift or are you a sport driver
V five
R N 1 2 3 4 5

VVikipedia

Posted by: comboy on March 19, 2009

Wow...I feel like that girl is my 5.12 TA

Posted by: 0 on March 20, 2009

Arch Linux for me. I was reading the comments and saw nothing about Arch until the end, xD. Nice to see another Arch user I don't know about raspberry FreeBSD is pretty awesome, too.

If only I had the time to work on my application, I would be prefrosh. x.x;

Posted by: Musee on March 20, 2009

Hey, Paul i have a completely unrelated question(s). How did you get your research position in high school? What did you research?

Posted by: Claire on March 20, 2009

Another Arch user here. Woohoo!

Posted by: Carlos '13 on March 21, 2009

simple guide to linux

-go to mit.edu homepage
-search linux go
-first result
-down there linux on laptops
-you know the rest wink

Posted by: comboy on March 22, 2009

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