Mandrake is known for being one of the most newbie-friendly of distros, sometimes to the point of cutesyness – including happy, cartoony icons. (Note that this should not be seen as a strike against Mandrake. I started out on Mandrake and I stillrecommend it to newbies).
Until recently, this was Ubuntu’s login screen:
Also, quoting wikipedia:
Ubuntu had a particular package called ubuntu-calendar which downloaded a new wallpaper every month, but some of these wallpapers featured nude people and were criticized as overly risque. This led to Ubuntu receiving nicknames such as Linuxxx and “The Porn Distro”. It was not installed by default, and has been discontinued as of April 2005.
Aw man, no entry for BSD?
Ach, none for Beos either.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
I don’t get two of those. Please explain the teletubbies and the porn star?
Mandrake is known for being one of the most newbie-friendly of distros, sometimes to the point of cutesyness – including happy, cartoony icons. (Note that this should not be seen as a strike against Mandrake. I started out on Mandrake and I stillrecommend it to newbies).
Until recently, this was Ubuntu’s login screen:
Also, quoting wikipedia:
If only I had installed Ubuntu sooner…
Seeing my fondness for cute things, maybe I’ll put Mandrake on my PC 🙂
I didn’t realize how much windows really does suck until I got OS X. Now I REALLY want to install linux on my PC.
The Debian one cracked me up.
And I think I’m with on the Ubuntu one. /me scratches head, “Wha…??”