Merry Ubuntu

[David Vincent]

Lea Gris wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Once uppon a time, a little penguin was born out of a kernel and
> surrounded by a shell. Legends tells there was a Gnu nearby and some
> famous wizards Stallman, Cox and his famous father Linus.
> 
> Long live Linux and congratulations to the Ubuntu team who bring us the
> must user friendly distribution ever done.
> 
> Bring the word: Linux is all around you, built of share, freedom and
> common sense. Be part of the Free Softwares community.

Don't forget the Woz!  I owe almost everything to him.  Indirectly though...

Thanks Lea.  You've prompted me to post this link to one of my longtime 
favorite reads.

In the beginning was the command line.

http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/C_R_Y_P_T_O_N_O_M_I_C_O_N.shtml

...

With one exception, that is: Linux, which is right next door, and which 
is not a business at all. It's a bunch of RVs, yurts, tepees, and 
geodesic domes set up in a field and organized by consensus. The people 
who live there are making tanks. These are not old-fashioned, cast-iron 
Soviet tanks; these are more like the M1 tanks of the U.S. Army, made of 
space-age materials and jammed with sophisticated technology from one 
end to the other. But they are better than Army tanks. They've been 
modified in such a way that they never, ever break down, are light and 
maneuverable enough to use on ordinary streets, and use no more fuel 
than a subcompact car. These tanks are being cranked out, on the spot, 
at a terrific pace, and a vast number of them are lined up along the 
edge of the road with keys in the ignition. Anyone who wants can simply 
climb into one and drive it away for free.

...

Enjoy.

-d