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If you are going to DebOOonK an expert then you have to at least provide a source with credentials of equal or greater relevance. Even then, it merely shows that some experts disagree with each other.

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Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2014, 04:34:07 PM »
None of these is particularly weird, given how versatile Linux is as a platform.
when you try to mock anyone while also running the flat earth society. Lol

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Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2014, 05:16:30 PM »
they should have showed it on a desktop or laptop that would have been the weirdest because no one uses linux lol

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Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2014, 05:27:48 PM »
None of these is particularly weird, given how versatile Linux is as a platform.
I don't know.  The crock pot is kinda weird. Only because you don't need an OS to run one.
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Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2014, 05:59:49 PM »
None of these is particularly weird, given how versatile Linux is as a platform.
I don't know.  The crock pot is kinda weird. Only because you don't need an OS to run one.
You do if you want the WiFi connection so that you can adjust the settings with your smart phone.
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Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2014, 07:38:32 PM »
they should have showed it on a desktop or laptop that would have been the weirdest because no one uses linux lol
ehehehehehe

I saw Lunix on an in-flight entertainment system. It was failing to boot for a long time so I was able to watch Tux in front of fast-scrolling terminal stuff for 15 minutes. Needless to say, I was very entertained.

Then it booted and the actual in-flight entertainment was shit. :(
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Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2014, 09:33:26 PM »
It was probably free software.
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Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2014, 10:41:26 PM »
None of these is particularly weird, given how versatile Linux is as a platform.

Please what is "Linux"?

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Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2014, 10:44:25 PM »
None of these is particularly weird, given how versatile Linux is as a platform.

Please what is "Linux"?

an anagram for uixnl