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100% AIR (2)Almost Infuriating Redhat Sean Lamb (Air was the codename for Mandrake Linux 7.0)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% APOLLOAffordably Purchase Our Lovely Linux Offering Sean Lamb (Apollo was the code name for RedHat Linux 5.2)
Names:Code Names:Linux
86% BAMBOOBut At Mandrake, Boffins Offer Open-source Sean Lamb (Bamboo was the code name for Mandrake Linux 9.1)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% BEOWULFBig Electronic Organisms Will Use Linux, Fool Sean Lamb (who envies the computing power of the big Beowulf clusters that always seem to take on a life of their own)
100% BILTMOREBecause It's Linux, They Might Open Roughly Everything Sean Lamb (Biltmore was the code name for RedHat Linux 4.2)
Names:Code Names:Linux
90% BLUECURVEBudding Linux Utility Engineers Create Unix to Redhat's Vision Excellently Sean Lamb (Bluecurve is the name for RedHat's window manager; it's supposed to be "the" window manager combining features of both KDE and GNOME)
90% BLUECURVE (2)Bad Linux User Experiences Cast Uncertainty on Redhat's Very Existence Sean Lamb (Bluecurve is the name for RedHat's window manager; it's supposed to be "the" window manager combining features of both KDE and GNOME)
100% CD-ROM (2)Can't Download - Rate 'Orribly Mired Gavin Lambert - I periodically try to download a Linux install CD (mostly out of curiosity), but as I've only got a 56k connection it takes too long :(
100% DARLDoesn't Actually Run Linux Sean Lamb (Referring to Darl McBride, the CEO of SCO)
Names:Famous people
100% DEBIANDebian Exists Because It's Altogether Nicer. Criggie (Debian is a linux distribution)
100% DOLPHINDo Other Linuxes Pursue Human Interface Niceties? Sean Lamb (Dolphin was the code name for Mandrake Linux 9.0; Mandrake has been known as the "user-friendly" Linux)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% ENIGMAEvery New Iteration Generates More Animosity Sean Lamb (Enigma was the code name for RedHat Linux 7.2)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% GUICIDE (2)Gnome User Intentionally Caused Its Death, Evidently. Angela Brett (Gnome is a Linux GUI)
Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words
100% GURU (2)Geek Using Real Unix Angela Brett, when the installers at a Linux installfest were called gurus.
100% HEDWIGHe'll Eventually Destroy Windows, It's Guaranteed Sean Lamb (Hedwig was the code name for RedHat Linux 6.0)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% HURRICANEHurry Up Redhat, Redmond Is Continuing Adding New Enhancements Sean Lamb (Hurricane was the code name for RedHat Linux 5.0)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% IBOOK (5)It's Broken, Obviously... Omitted Konsole! Steve Keate, summarising the reaction of a KDE (http://www.kde.org) user to an iBook.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
100% KOPERNICUSKde Out-Performs Everything Rendering New Internet Connections Useful, Surely Sean Lamb (Kopernicus was the code name for KDE version 2.0)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% LAPTOP (4)Linux And Portables - There's Often Problems. Angela Brett (I know a few people who've had Linux laptops and they seem to have problems with the power management.)
100% LINUS TORVALDSLet's Invent New Unix System, To Overthrow Redmond's Vacuuming All Licenses & Decent Software delt
Names:Famous people
100% LINUXLovely... If Not Using Xwindows! Angela Brett
100% LINUX (2)'Life'less Incurable Nerds Use Xchat Angela Brett
100% NOVELLNow Our Venture Entirely Loves Linux Sean Lamb (Novell announced that it will purchase SuSE Linux for (US)$210M on Nov 4 2003)
Commerce:Companies
80% PICOPersonally I'm Confused [by] Others Jeff Anonymous, who can't quite understand EMACS, so he uses good ol' PICO for his Linux text editor.
100% RAWHIDERedhat's Always Working Hard In Developing Enhancements Sean Lamb (Rawhide is the code name for RedHat's unstable development tree)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% RED HAT (2)Reliable, Easy, Defensible Hardware Access Technology Jeff Anonymous, speaking of the Linux distribution.
75% SCOSuing for Copyright Ownership SCO has launched copyright infringement suits against IBM and has threatened to sue Linux users as well.
Commerce:Companies
88% SEAWOLFSome Engineers Are Working On Linux Full-time Sean Lamb (Seawolf was the code name for RedHat Linux 7.1)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% SHRIKEStopping Handholding, Redhat Is Killing Enterprises Sean Lamb (Shrike was the code name for RedHat 9.0 for which RedHat ended technical and upgrade support mere months after its release)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% SIDSilly, It's Debian! Sean Lamb (Sid is the code name for Debian's unstable development tree of it's fabled Linux distribution)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% SID (2)Stability Is Debian Sean Lamb
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% SID (3)Still In Development Sean Lamb
Names:Code Names:Linux
90% SLACKWARESlackware Lacks Any Coordination for Kernels, & Waits Always Re: Enhancements. Criggie (Slackware is a Linux distribution)
100% SUSESeems Useless - Stumps Everyone! Angela Brett, on hearing about SuSE Linux.
100% USLUneducated Sco Lackeys Sean Lamb (SCO, which is suing IBM over code they claim to have copied from Unix into Linux, filed for the Unix Systems Laboratories trademark).
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100% USL (2)Using Stupid Lawyers Sean Lamb (SCO, which is suing IBM over code they claim to have copied from Unix into Linux, filed for the Unix Systems Laboratories trademark).
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83% XFREEX (cross) Fellow Reinstalls Everything, Exasperated. Angela Brett, when Jeff said, 'I've screwed my XFree again, I was trying to upgrade it. So I need to reinstall Linux'
100% XFREE (2)X From Redhat Expires Easily Jeff Anonymous
100% YARROWYet Another Redhat Release Of Wonder Sean Lamb (Yarrow was the codename for RedHat's Fedora Core Linux 1.0)
Names:Code Names:Linux
100% YASTYou Are Susefied Today Sean Lamb (YaST really means Yet Another Setup Tool, which is used to install SuSE Linux)
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