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[-TE-]-ßlå¢kMågî¢- Regular Posts: 78 | I was searching the net and came across this little number, I found it quite funny at first then the more i read it the stranger it got. take a look and see what ya think You may have heard talk that Linux was "outed" by the radically queer > activist *BSDs, who felt that Linux was doing a disservice to other > gay operating systems by acting as if it is "shameful" or "wrong" for > an OS to be gay. There was talk that Linux wasn't providing a strong > gay role model to younger gay operating systems. > > This is distinctly untrue. The *BSDs have been very supportive of > Linux during this difficult time, providing Linux with pamphlets and > other resources as well as an open socket at the other end of the > Ethernet cable when Linux was going through some kernel panics late at > night trying to deal with these confusing new emotions. True, they > were particularly emphatic in encouraging Linux to "come out," but > there was no threat or force involved. > > Linux first started understanding that it was a "different" OS a few > months ago. It spoke to friends about having strange feelings and > attractions and expressed doubts that it may be a bi or bi-curious OS. > Soon, after some real heart-to-hearts with its best friend, Rick Moen, > Linux understood that it was only fear that made it hold on to > society's expectations of what an OS was supposed to be, and that the > only ideals it had to be true to were its own. Linux understood that, > yes, it was gay, and yes, it was proud. > > The hardest hurdle, as usual, was coming out its father. Linus blamed > himself, of course -- as a single parent to a very young OS, he felt > that perhaps he had done Linux wrong by raising it largely in the > company of strange, bearded men with loose morals. Linux pointed out > that it was gay on the inside -- you can't _make_ an OS gay. And who > cares, anyway? It was happy to be a gay OS, to be free and proud. > There was no blame to be given. Linus remained unsure and suggested > therapy or debugging. > > But after a difficult first few steps, Linus joined PFLAGOS (Parents > and Friends of Lesbian and Gay Operating Systems). He's come around > 180 degrees, supporting Linux every step of the way. As he said at a > recent All The Kernels of the Rainbow Rally, "I just want to say that > I... >sob<... I love my big gay operating system!" > > Since then, Linux has been on a roll! True, some vendors have backed > down in their support of Linux out of fear of retaliative boycotts by > the Christian Right, but in general the community has rallied to > Linux's side. I think Linux put it best in its keynote speech at > Linux World Expo (excerpted by permission): > > I am free to be me -- to love who I want, to express myself > how I want. This is my coming-out party. And today we send a > message to the world. We're saying that it doesn't matter if > an operating system is gay or straight, lesbian, bisexual, or > even transgendered. What matters is what's under the hood. We > have so much to be proud of today. > > ~ESP |
bastya_elvtars n00b Posts: 49 | I am signed up to Hungarian BSD mailing lists... and they say Linux is not unix-standard... maybe this is why... anyway, I found an even better, a review on Ubuntu: http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2005/04/11/ubuntu |