"I'm Linux" ad competition launched - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 22nd Dec 2008, 13:10

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/12...ion-launched/1

The Linux Foundation has launched a competition to create an "I'm Linux" advert to answer Microsoft and Apple's prime-time advertising barrages for their respective OSes.

Whalemeister · 22nd Dec 2008, 13:42

Hmmm, most of the Linux people I know are a little on the hardcore side of techie and would not, in my opinion, make a good advertisment to encourage people to use Linux.

It'll be interesting to see how this ad turns out...

n3mo · 22nd Dec 2008, 13:55

Personally i think that this won't hurt anyone, but it won't help either. People that are smart and open-minded enough to use Linux already use it and the rest - who cares about Micro$laves.

reaper1984 · 22nd Dec 2008, 14:35

How about we kick the ball rolling with:
I'm a Linux, and if anything does go wrong with me you'll have to open up the kernal and type commands just like back in the dos days.

crompers · 22nd Dec 2008, 14:45

or just a picture of a someone stood there crying with a wireless card in one hand and an AMD gfx card in the other - "im linux, and i have to write my own drivers"

amacieli · 22nd Dec 2008, 15:02

@crompers: +1000!!

Redbeaver · 22nd Dec 2008, 15:04

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Originally Posted by crompers

or just a picture of a someone stood there crying with a wireless card in one hand and an AMD gfx card in the other - "im linux, and i have to write my own drivers"

ROFLMAO!

crompers · 22nd Dec 2008, 15:25

haha, glad to see that one went down well. i was waiting for a flaming from linux heads

niceguy346 · 22nd Dec 2008, 15:50

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/im_linux.html

BioSniper · 22nd Dec 2008, 15:54

Along these lines (and I don't want to turn this into a flame) has anyone else noticed how pretentious the PC vs MAC adverts from Apple have become?
They are now naming Vista by name and get away with essentially outright saying "vista sucks". Surely that's slander or libel or something?
Their claims are also not 100% sure.

Honestly I see the good side of all 3 OS's anyway as well as the bad but still, these kind of adverts as a whole are starting to frustrate me a lot.

scarrmrcc · 22nd Dec 2008, 16:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by BioSniper

Along these lines (and I don't want to turn this into a flame) has anyone else noticed how pretentious the PC vs MAC adverts from Apple have become?
They are now naming Vista by name and get away with essentially outright saying "vista sucks". Surely that's slander or libel or something?
Their claims are also not 100% sure.

Honestly I see the good side of all 3 OS's anyway as well as the bad but still, these kind of adverts as a whole are starting to frustrate me a lot.

+1

it should be:
"i'm apple's current OS, i work on apple computers. i am for the people with no understanding of computers, and artists."
"i'm vista i work on everything else. i am for people that want to game, and do business. i am also for the normal computer user."
"i'm linux i work with everything...if you can get the drivers. i am for people that actually understand computers, and how they work."

C-Sniper · 22nd Dec 2008, 16:37

Well i think i am going to put in an entry. I have a couple of Ideas.

Quote:

Originally Posted by crompers

haha, glad to see that one went down well. i was waiting for a flaming from linux heads

You are getting a Silent Flaming

crompers · 22nd Dec 2008, 16:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by scarrmrcc

+1

it should be:
"i'm apple's current OS, i work on apple computers. i am for the people with no understanding of computers, and artists."
"i'm vista i work on everything else. i am for people that want to game, and do business. i am also for the normal computer user."
"i'm linux i work with everything...if you can get the drivers. i am for people that actually understand computers, and how they work."

+1

linux is great if you can be bothered to put the time and effort in

bowman · 22nd Dec 2008, 17:41

That's just silly.

Besides, 'I'm Linux', what? There are so many different distributions. Spend the cash on 'I'm Ubuntu' instead. It's the only one that has a chance to catch on for desktop use.

Floyd · 22nd Dec 2008, 17:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by crompers

linux is great if you can be bothered to put the time and effort in

Yea I tried it once but gave up after a day of failed attempts getting things setup. The same things Vista does automatically.

n3mo · 22nd Dec 2008, 18:00

Yeah, beacuse thinking is far too much for some people.

"I am Linux and you need to have an IQ higher than your waist (in centimeters) to use me", and 95% of population will be out.

Most people are better off with "I am Vista (or a Mac, essentially they are the same) and you don't need any of this silly IQ thingy to use me, because I have shiny windows and will do everything for you, so you don't have to use your brain (which our labs confirm as a very painful process for most people)"

No offence meant.

leexgx · 22nd Dec 2008, 18:05

ubuntu is nice but still to easy to brake and the newer ones seem to be getting easer to brake, WPA still hardly works on most distros of linux (including the EEPC)

they need to rework the command line system so you do not need to be an programmer to use it, like format or make an vol for it (the command for that i think is longer then my full name) and other basic things like installing an video driver or Any hardware for that matter

Folding@home you can tell an linux programer did it just form the console clients and the Full name flags thay use thats very unneeded and not bothering to add CPU affinity as an flag

i guess the above could be called an flame but windows things work and when command line is needed most of them do not need C+ knowing to make them work, linux is grate for servers (windows server with its SQL exploits and stuff good knows why any one would use it so insecure for secure stuff)

Howto in the past when linux was new was wonderful google search worked now i just get results that are not helpful,(used to use an web site that was basicly an index on what every command is and how to use each one)

steveo_mcg · 22nd Dec 2008, 18:38

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Originally Posted by Nexxo

Windows: it's the common man's OS.

Firehed · 22nd Dec 2008, 19:33

Well if Linux actually wants to take hold of some market share, this is how to do it. Assuming the ads don't suck, anyways. Random bits of flamebait evangelism aren't going to cut it; they never have and never will. Actually "selling" it is just what needs to happen, even if it's free.

Of course, they really need to get their crap together with wireless drivers. I don't care if it's the cardmakers' faults, it's still Linux's problem.

Vittorio · 22nd Dec 2008, 19:42

Quote:

it should be:
"i'm apple's current OS, i work on apple computers. i am for the people with no understanding of computers, and artists."
"i'm vista i work on everything else. i am for people that want to game, and do business. i am also for the normal computer user."
"i'm linux i work with everything...if you can get the drivers. i am for people that actually understand computers, and how they work."

"I'm OSX and run on Apple. I am for the people who want to get something done today and not bother reloading my OS every other week due to Virus problems and constant crashing"

"I'm Vista I crash on everything. I'm for the people who like to be sheep and spend there time re-installing and allow others to share my personel details"

"I'm Linux I work on everything and allow people to have a choice at no cost and i'm probably running this web server"

Anyway a PC is a "Personel Computer" and has nothing to do with the OS running on it.

22nd Dec 2008, 13:10	#1
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22nd Dec 2008, 15:54	#10
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22nd Dec 2008, 13:55	#3
n3mo Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 184	Personally i think that this won't hurt anyone, but it won't help either. People that are smart and open-minded enough to use Linux already use it and the rest - who cares about Micro$laves.

22nd Dec 2008, 14:35	#4
reaper1984 What's a Dremel? Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 14	How about we kick the ball rolling with: I'm a Linux, and if anything does go wrong with me you'll have to open up the kernal and type commands just like back in the dos days.

22nd Dec 2008, 15:02	#6
amacieli Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 73	@crompers: +1000!!

22nd Dec 2008, 15:50	#9
niceguy346 What's a Dremel? Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/im_linux.html

22nd Dec 2008, 17:41	#14
bowman Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 249	That's just silly. Besides, 'I'm Linux', what? There are so many different distributions. Spend the cash on 'I'm Ubuntu' instead. It's the only one that has a chance to catch on for desktop use.

22nd Dec 2008, 18:00	#16
n3mo Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 184	Yeah, beacuse thinking is far too much for some people. "I am Linux and you need to have an IQ higher than your waist (in centimeters) to use me", and 95% of population will be out. Most people are better off with "I am Vista (or a Mac, essentially they are the same) and you don't need any of this silly IQ thingy to use me, because I have shiny windows and will do everything for you, so you don't have to use your brain (which our labs confirm as a very painful process for most people)" No offence meant.

22nd Dec 2008, 18:05	#17
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22nd Dec 2008, 19:33	#19
Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An hour north of Boston Posts: 12,576	Well if Linux actually wants to take hold of some market share, this is how to do it. Assuming the ads don't suck, anyways. Random bits of flamebait evangelism aren't going to cut it; they never have and never will. Actually "selling" it is just what needs to happen, even if it's free. Of course, they really need to get their crap together with wireless drivers. I don't care if it's the cardmakers' faults, it's still Linux's problem. __________________ hire me @ eric-stern.com - web developer and php ninja pics @ my smugmug :: Twitter @firehed :: blog @ firehed.net 40D\|580EXII\|285HV\|AB800\|70-200f/4LIS\|17-50f/2.8\|150f/2.8Macro\|50f/1.8 MacPro @ 8x2.8GHz, 10GB FBDDR2, 3TB HD :: MBP @ 2x2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HD