Ulteo, The New 'World's Easiest Linux'

ggarron writes "Gael Duval, the creator of Mandrake and now fired from Mandriva, has created a new Linux distro, based on Ubuntu, and it claims to be the easiest Linux, and that it will redefine the Desktop philosophy."

The world's easiest Linux distro?

[4D6963]

You mean, even easier than Slackware or even Gentoo?!?

Re:The world's easiest Linux distro?

[gbobeck]

You mean, even easier than Slackware or even Gentoo?!?

Gentoo is pretty easy to install. Hell, I even remember the two of three commands for installation:

Command #1:
cfdisk /dev/hda && mkfs.xfs /dev/hda1 && mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/ && chroot /mnt/gentoo/ && env-update && . /etc/profile && emerge sync && cd /usr/portage && scripts/bootsrap.sh && emerge system && emerge vim && vi /etc/fstab && emerge gentoo-dev-sources && cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make install modules_install && emerge gnome mozilla-firefox openoffice && emerge grub && cp /boot/grub/grub.conf.sample /boot/grub/grub.conf && vi /boot/grub/grub.conf && grub && init 6

Command #2:
either 2a) rm -rf / & sleep 1000 && reboot
or 2b) cat /dev/urandom /dev/hda /dev/sda /dev/pts

Source: Uncyclopedia [uncyclopedia.org]

Real linux users...

[simm1701]

Real linux users:

Have beards
Drink (free) beer

And ROLL THEIR OWN DISTROs!!!!!

*cue insane laughter*

Re:The world's easiest Linux distro?

[Workaphobia]

Gentoo is all about choice. In this case, you choose to overwrite your partitions with /dev/urandom. While that may be fine for newcommers, power-users appreciate the satisfaction that comes from catting /dev/random and manually moving the mouse to generate entropy until every gigabyte is nuked. You already took the time to compile your system from scratch in step 1; when it's time to give up in step 2, you'll want to make sure you demonstrate that same dedication to slowly acheived perfection.

Re:The world's easiest Linux distro?

[gbobeck]

Very true.

Installing Gentoo is a serious commitment. After installing comes the countless hours waiting for updates as well as software installs to compile.

God forbid someone should forget that "Gentoo is all about choice" is a mandate to obscenely rice out your GCC flags and make non-trivial changes to make.conf in order to get that whopping 0.00000000000000000001% performance gain as well as the satisfaction that you know what exactly what the "OMGPONIES" and "WTFAMIDOING" GCC flags do in conjunction with the countless other ricer flags out there.

Re:The world's easiest Linux distro?

[cyclop]

Hey, you should know that the -OMGPONIES flag makes all apps and libs shine gorgeously with GLITTER!!!! Every seasoned Unix admin knows that. Isn't it the beauty of Free Software?

Re:no

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

You can't get irony, isn't it?

Sentence not parse, does not?

Re:no

[BlueTrin]

You can't get irony, isn't it?

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\anguyen071904>irony
'irony' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Re:isn't it

[Anonymous Coward]

..and Singlish too.

But I'd rather call them butcheries than dialects.

Re:Irony

[unitron]

You can't get from the button you hovered over to the link you want to click without it disappearing or changing.

Actually, you can, you just have to move like a knight instead of like a bishop.

Re:The world's easiest Linux distro?

[thc69]

I had the thankless task of ridding the boss's wife

So easy to misread. So very easy.

Re:The world's easiest Linux distro?

[sydb]

It get's worse:

over the last two days... I had the thankless task of riding the boss's wife ... her offspring ... my cock ... I decided to wipe everything and ... scratch.

Two days later, after pulling ... them one at a time ... I was swearing in frustration..

Makes me want to take the next moron ... and shove [it] ... down his throat ... stick his toothbrush up his ass...

Re:In East LOndon

[hey!]

So, it isn't just the southern US that butchers English?

You can butcher a sausage?

Re:The world's easiest Linux distro?

[eugene ts wong]

Installing Gentoo is a serious commitment. After installing comes the countless hours waiting for updates as well as software installs to compile.

Oh, come on! You don't have to wait for updates. You could always recompile the packages that you already have. Sheesh!

Re:In East LOndon

[Phisbut]

(the one in London, UK, not the one in SA) we end a sentence like that. [...] Often contracted to 'innit'.

That's pretty weird I gotta admit. I always thought "init()" should be at the beginning, not at the end...

In Soviet Russia

[Anonymous Coward]

init() ends YOU!!

Re:no

[Plug]

To Yoda parse fine it does, hmmmm?