Digger du LINUX?

[Gjest Qlio]

I såfall vil du sikkert like denne: Gospel of Tux unearthed

[Nullet]

Ja, jeg digger Linux!! :D

I disse tider da "Corporate America" forsøker å gjøre beslag på allt og alle (også frihet og demokrati), gjennom renspikket løgn og bedrag, betyr Linux for meg noe spesiellt. Jeg forstår også at man må kjempe for frihet, for ellers kommer despotene og tar den fra deg. Det eneste "våpenet" jeg har, er evnen til å tenke selv - har ingen sabler.

I sakens anledning har leg lyst til å gjengi dette brevet:

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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

March 23, 1775

By Patrick Henry

No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well

as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the

house. But different men often see the same subject in different lights;

and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those

gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite

to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve.

This is no time for ceremony. The question before the house is one of

awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing

less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the

magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is

only in this way that we can hope to arrive at the truth, and fulfill

the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I

keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I

should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of

an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above

all earthly kings.

Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the

illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth,

and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.

Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle

for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the numbers of those who, having

eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly

concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of

spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the

worst, and to provide for it.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is

the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by

the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in

the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify

those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves

and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has

been lately received?

Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer

not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this

gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike

preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and

armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown

ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to

win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the

implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings

resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its

purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlement assign any

other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this

quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and

armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant

for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains

which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we

to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that

for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject?

Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is

capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and

humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been

already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves.

Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which

is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have

supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have

implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the

ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our

remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our

supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with

contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may

we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation.

There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be

free--if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for

which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon

the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we

have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our

contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must

fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable

an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week,

or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a

British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather

strength but irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of

effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the

delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and

foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which

the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people,

armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which

we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against

us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just

God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up

friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the

strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,

sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now

too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in

submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be

heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I

repeat it, sir, let it come.

It is in vain, sir, to extentuate the matter. Gentlemen may

cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The

next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of

resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we

here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life

so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains

and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may

take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

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We, the people!!

Give me liberty or give me death!! :evil:

[VesleBråka]

Siste gang jeg titta på linux hadde de så sabla lite intuitivt grensesnitt at det var jo som på unix. Greit at det er effektivt og stabilt, men jeg er en GUI-nazi, så det går ikke for meg.

[Silfen]

Gospel of Tux var råbra.

Antar jeg holder meg med fienden, men clueless som jeg er på disse områdene, velger jeg å gjøre ikke no.

[Nullet]

Se litt på bildet Veslebråka

Hihi

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Siste gang jeg titta på linux hadde de så sabla lite intuitivt grensesnitt at det var jo som på unix. Greit at det er effektivt og stabilt, men jeg er en GUI-nazi, så det går ikke for meg.

Då bør du kanskje sjå på Linux igjen. Det finst mange distribusjonar med ganske så intuitive grafiske grensesnitt, og dei ser vanlegvis mykje betre ut enn Windows nokon gong kjem til å gjera.

Her er eit par eksempel:

Mandrake Linux screenshots

Redhat Linux screenshots

Eg diggar og Linux, og Gospel of Tux var kjempefestleg! Skulle ønska at nokon velsigna RAM og til å dobla kapasiteten sin kvar 18. månad. Humøret mitt var på topp den dagen eg formaterte Windows-partisjonen min medan eg framleis hadde Windows der. Nå er maskina mi kvitt alt kvakksalveri frå M$, og alt er mykje betre og billegare (les: gratis) :D