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  1. Saw the news this morning with an article about Anonymous, in the short video Ubuntu 10.04 LTS was used and a download with !Linux in the name was clearly visible. Slowly but surely Linux is getting more and more attention, even if it are just little things.

    Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 06:52:23 UTC from Choqok
    1. @omni Is attention via Anonymous good attention though?

      Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 06:55:20 UTC from web
      1. @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves Well, the only thing that happened in the video was some guy downloading a Linux framework with Firefox for something and typing "exploit" in a gnome terminal window so I don't consider it bad. At any rate, it catches people's attention. There are enough companies that are known for not-so-good things (like the scamming on eBay) but it still causes more visitors to the site whenever there's an article about them. Seeing how the screen clearly showed the word "Linux" I'd say that it will at least get one person to think "what's that? Let me Google it", which is a good thing.

        Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:04:25 UTC from Choqok
        1. @omni Maybe. I know I've mentioned it to my family in the past though, and I got about as far as explaining that Linux refers to all OSs that share the kernel, not like Windows one product at a time line before they lost interest and went back to downloading malware.

          Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:15:44 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
          1. @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves I told my parents that Linux works completely differently from Windows and, because you get your programs from a central server from the company that made your product it is practically impossible to get a virus. Got my dad to give Ubuntu a try and he still enjoys it at times because it is genuinely an easy product for him :P Most people know nothing of computers and just want a simple system, going into the technical side is going to make you lose then :P

            Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:20:52 UTC from Choqok
            1. @omni I gave them the tl:dr of that, actually.

              Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:25:17 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
              1. @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves Ouch, that's suicide :P

                Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:26:41 UTC from Choqok
                1. @omni "It's an operating system that's not Windows. There's several... You don't care do you?"

                  Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:28:44 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
        2. @omni I don't know about you but typing "exploit" into my terminal windows is how I do all my hacking.

          Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:19:39 UTC from web
          1. @ceruleanspark I just realized how disappointed I am in you Cerul.

            Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:20:34 UTC from StatusNet Android
            1. @carcino Oh no. How will I ever live with the crushing shame

              Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:21:06 UTC from web
              1. @ceruleanspark By leaving the Brotherhood of Steel.

                Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:21:49 UTC from StatusNet Android
                1. @carcino Wait what.

                  Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:23:03 UTC from web
                  1. @ceruleanspark Your avatar has recon armour and a Gauss rifle.

                    Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:24:15 UTC from StatusNet Android
                    1. @carcino Hell yes. Outside of the capital wasteland, the brotherhood are kind of huge jerks. I don't want anything to do with them.

                      Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:25:46 UTC from web
                      1. @ceruleanspark Brotherhood was fine in one and two. I hated them in 3 because they were like white knights. I extra hate them in new Vegas because their whole quest line is god awful.

                        Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:27:27 UTC from StatusNet Android
                        1. @carcino I didn't mind them in 3 because they actually got mangoes done on the side. NV's ones infuriate me because the layout of their bunker is a clustermurdock and they all seem to be monumental assholes.

                          Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:30:00 UTC from web
                          1. @ceruleanspark You'll save yourself a lot of trouble if you just kill them all every time like I did. Enclave for life.

                            Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:30:57 UTC from StatusNet Android
                            1. @carcino I'm just getting their questline out of the way in NV so I can get the power armor perk. The next main quest I have from Mr House IS actually "Murder all of them plz"

                              Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:33:02 UTC from web
                              1. @ceruleanspark You can get power armor training from the Enclave, It's easier and the armor is better.

                                Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:34:04 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                1. @carcino Doesn't the remenants power armor have horribly low durability compared to the brotherhood one?

                                  Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:36:18 UTC from web
                                  1. @ceruleanspark No idea, I jury rig it. Also, Legio est melius.

                                    Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:36:49 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                    1. @carcino That sounds like legion talk to me. I already killed everyone in the Fort and in Cottonwood cove.

                                      Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:37:48 UTC from web
                                      1. @ceruleanspark So did I. And it is Legion talk.

                                        Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:38:24 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                        1. @carcino GAUSS RIFLES, GAUSS RIFLES, GOD I LOVE GAUSS RIFLES. DEAR MR HOUSE, EVERYONE IS SO DEAD.

                                          Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:39:09 UTC from web
                                          1. @ceruleanspark PLASMA CASTER.

                                            Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:39:53 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                            1. @carcino YCS/186.

                                              Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:40:22 UTC from web
                                              1. @ceruleanspark YOU'RE OLD. MR. HOUSE IS A LOSER. ARCADE IS HOMOSEX AND I HAVE A DOG. FEEL MY LIGHT IN SHINING DARKNESS' WRATH.

                                                Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:44:03 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                                1. @carcino I was wondering who your companions were. ED-E and Boone for life. Also Energy weapons > Projectile weapons

                                                  Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:45:44 UTC from web
                                                  1. @ceruleanspark I swap around. I use guns until I save up enough energy cells to end the game using energy weapons. Because none of the later guns break anyone's DT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWrG5qiX2ZA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

                                                    Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:47:18 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                                    1. @carcino Enclave sucks. Just putting that out there.

                                                      Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:48:58 UTC from web
                                                      1. @ceruleanspark Es MERETRIX!

                                                        Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:50:04 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                                        1. @carcino I cannot endorse any faction responsible for the death of Liam Neeson.

                                                          Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:51:31 UTC from web
                                                          1. @ceruleanspark You have a point. But AMERICA! And and and and and and Amata is a whore and and and and and Duke Nukem is a bad game.

                                                            Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:53:09 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                                            1. @carcino I'm not going to pretend I didn't shoot everyone in Vault 101 and then burn the corpses.

                                                              Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:53:52 UTC from web
                                                              1. @ceruleanspark Even Butch?

                                                                Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:54:29 UTC from StatusNet Android
          2. @ceruleanspark Using metasploit? Like, for real? Brb, hacking school network :3

            Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:21:13 UTC from Choqok
            1. @omni Well, that and the various other lovely tools in Backtrack.

              Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:22:30 UTC from web
              1. @ceruleanspark Ah, BackTrack, I've heard good things from that as a security distribution.

                Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:24:17 UTC from Choqok
                1. @omni It's basically a heavily customised Ubuntu with a bunch of useful pentesting tools baked in.

                  Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:24:54 UTC from web
                  1. @ceruleanspark DO you know kde?^^

                    Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:25:56 UTC from Choqok
                    1. @firelicorn A KDE user? I switched from KDE to awesome for my window manager but I still use a lot of KDE software and even have a KDE launcher theme on my Android phone :P

                      Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:27:29 UTC from Choqok
                      1. @omni Yep using kde on archlinux

                        Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:28:38 UTC from Choqok
                    2. @firelicorn My very first Linux distro was based around KDE. It was terrible, but KDE is fine. I prefer XFCE nowadays though.

                      Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:28:08 UTC from web
                      1. @ceruleanspark My first Linux distro was SuSE Linux 9.1, came with a book on Linux I got from my parents :P

                        Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:30:25 UTC from Choqok
                        1. @omni Xandros on an EEEPC 701 here. The little machine that could.

                          Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:32:18 UTC from web
                          1. @ceruleanspark Ah, EEEPCs, cool o,o

                            Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:33:53 UTC from Choqok
                  2. @ceruleanspark Didn't know it was Ubuntu-based, thanks for the info!

                    Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:26:28 UTC from Choqok
                    1. @omni It used to be Slackware based, but they recently moved to ubuntu as the core.

                      Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:27:27 UTC from web
                      1. @ceruleanspark Ah, cool, thanks for the info.

                        Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:27:40 UTC from Choqok
    2. wow, you are in old identica :)

      Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:09:28 UTC from identi.ca
      1. @suhaib I'm actually on Rainbow Dash Network, but it seems to be coupled to identi.ca in a strange way. Not sure how Status.Net networks actually work but I seem to get used to it :P

        Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:36:01 UTC from Choqok
      2. @suhaib parallels words!!!!

        Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 07:37:30 UTC from Choqok
        1. in parallels worlds!!!!

          Wednesday, 29-Feb-12 11:45:01 UTC from identi.ca