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- jacobmp92, on 10/12/2007, -17/+235Oxygen:
OpenOffice can open Word documents. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -17/+187"Any chance that he has no idea what "Linux" is whatsoever?"
Like 99% of world's population? - Phocion55, on 10/12/2007, -12/+132Actually....you're retarded.
Any chance that he has no idea what "Linux" is whatsoever? - Langford, on 10/12/2007, -3/+120@metalhead3767
The prank really has little or nothing to do with Linux vs Windows. It does have to do with some people's silly obsession with having the latest thing advertised, whether they know what it is or not. - davdav, on 10/12/2007, -4/+104Don't lie. You never had girls at your lunch table.
- maximumsteve1, on 10/12/2007, -35/+130i'm sorry, I want to like this story. I use ubuntu. But... the dad was a retard.. sorry
- clickwir, on 10/12/2007, -4/+96so maybe he's never seen or heard of Ubuntu. It's very likely that he has never opened a terminal and typed uname -a and wondered where his NT kernel was.
Hell. Most windows users don't even know they are using windows untill there is a problem. - wolf08, on 10/12/2007, -3/+82FYI, MangoFresh is NOT linking to duggmirror, but to dugqmirror (notice the q, not g). Yuck!
- wazaw, on 10/12/2007, -3/+79@metalhead3767 - I'm sorry that's not a hair question.
- Klowner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+66include some squirrels in the photo
- digggggggggg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+67That kind of reminds me of this one time I installed Firefox on a friend's computer without telling her. But since I knew that she would go for the blue "e" as always, I changed its icon to IE's, and named it "internet extreme". It turns out that to this day she's still using it, but STILL has no idea it's not IE (nor does she care, to be fair).
- crimson117, on 10/12/2007, -7/+70@tkstock
Corrected:
"Son, how do you install spyware on this? It used to just download and run itself!!" - synchestric, on 10/12/2007, -5/+68Office
and
Solitaire.
I don't think he'll be interested in playing Neverwinter Nights 2 or Bioshock any time soon. - HalFTW, on 10/12/2007, -2/+59"Do NOT click on mangofresh's link. I did, and my virus scan instantly showed that i got a trojan. *****."
http://www.firefox.com - metalhead3767, on 10/12/2007, -22/+77It says this guy is bragging that Bill Gates is better then Jobs and he can't even tell Windows from Linux.
You people digg down anything that remotely supports MS. - garg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+55Change the desktop to the Vista wallpaper that clearly says WINDOWS VISTA and then have your dad do a thumbs up in front of his vista PC
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -15/+67That is illegal.
- plunkettt, on 10/12/2007, -17/+66because that's illegal.
- selphishnerd, on 10/12/2007, -7/+56One time in high school, this girl at my lunch table said "Who's Linux?"
- npsken, on 10/12/2007, -21/+66That's not illegal.
- Waterispoison, on 10/12/2007, -2/+45Wait, wouldn't they still be using IE then? Do you mean changing the firefox icon to the IE icon?
- jasonsfakename, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34I did the exact same thing. They cant tell the difference and I don't have to fix their computer as often.
- noreturn, on 10/12/2007, -5/+38Yeah, actually, telling something they've bought one thing when you give them something else is called "fraud." Go figure the federal government would make that illegal.
Damn you, America!!!!!1one - IareKEVLAR, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33Have you used ubuntu? This just in... you can change the stock desktop!!
- Klowner, on 10/12/2007, -6/+36Also note that MangoFresh's link goes to some worthless page full of AdSense adverts, nothing creative like a Paint-drawn penis like we've seen in the past... So, it's not worth checking out
*clicked link expecting a purple penis* - vtlunchbox, on 10/12/2007, -5/+33i got my parents on firefox by changing the icon from the internet explorer default icon to the firefox one.
- clickwir, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28"I'd like to be there when he tries to play a dvd - Listen to an mp3 - Look at a flash website. - Play a wmv video - Or install a win app."
And pick your jaw up when you watch each and every one of those work perfect?
Yea, they do. - MaxwellEPad, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31That is REALLY funny. Instead of giving him his money back, why not use it to start a business selling to your friends' parents?
- tkstock, on 10/12/2007, -12/+37"Son, how do you install software on this? I used to just download it an run it!!"
Uh.... - civilwarlord, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Not that I'm defending ubuntu, but you can do all that in Linux, with the exception that you can't install every windows app.
- binarymelon, on 10/12/2007, -5/+29@81v3d07g0d
I think that is exactly the point. Millions of people are paying out the ass for something they do not need. Whether they are buying a Windows operating system outright or they are paying for when the computer they buy is marked up for the OEM license. A base Linux (well at least Ubuntu and a quite a few others) install will give the majority of PC users an environment that will do everything they need and for the rest of us who are so inclined, we can make it do everything else we want. Microsoft has always gone on the basis that they think they know what's best for everyone. Now here is where I get myself in a little bit of trouble, I am a huge Apple fan and I would say they are just as guilty of the previous remark, but in my opinion they do a much better job of it. Microsoft has always felt they deserve a piece of whatever lucrative markets are currently available. The Xbox [360], Zune and (rumoured) Zune Phones are all examples of that. I seem to get into one of these rants every time there is an anti-ms article, but Microsoft has begun to scare me the last few years. I just wish we could get everybody to take a step back and take a look at them as a company, not necessarily swear them off, just realize that no matter what they tell you, you actually do have a choice. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -14/+37He should have disguised Firefox as Internet Explorer for that final convincing touch:
http://www.digg.com/software/How_to_Make_Firefox_Look_Exactly_Like_Internet_Explorer - clickwir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23... with 5 pennies 2 quarters and a cupcake. (chocolate)
- justdbc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22rabbit season
- bart9h, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21just block him, like I did months ago
- panguin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21By your powers combined, I am CAPTAIN PLANET!
- TheAttacks, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24Jsully, the provided screenshot actually looks NOTHING like Vista. . . here's a better one:
Still not exact, but you can actually get EXACTLY the same "theme" as Vista, with little to no effort, but finding the right theme files/packages.
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1277/screenshot01yr9.png - idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22Duck season
- Takuro, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25This was a waste of 10 seconds of my life. How'd this make it onto Digg? If I convince my dad that Digiorno is really delivery pizza, do I get a trophy?
If he still didn't realize the word "Vista" is found no where on the operating system, that's sad. You could pass off Windows RGE (Really Good Edition) as Vista to somebody like that. - fwave, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21Saturday when I arrive home I send you a picture.
- jpeisen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18@Frebis
And when you're working 9-5 for "the man", paying bills, saving for your retirement & kids' educations, etc., you'll realize that a few hundred bucks is a lot of money. - bob7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Actually, Linux has 7 viruses. I counted. None of them work with any remotely recent Ubuntu release.
- fredxor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18don't forget to install beryl and tell him it's the new Aero interface
- TD_Birds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Sounds like my mom... she thinks her system is running AOL.
- Shootfast, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Erm... Linux can do all that
- Guard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18For some reason I think this is *****.
#1) Most linux builds say what build you're launching on startup (at least ones I've used).
#2) It's obvious he doesn't now too much about computers, since all of the familiar windows command wouldn't work.
#3) If he doesn't know anything about computers, he'd be wanting to use Internet Explorer. My mom knows how to do enough on a computer, and IE7 scares the hell out of her. And firefox just confuses her on why it doesn't have the "little e internet" icon
#4) Since he doesn't know too much about computers, why would he care about upgrading, or even know what Mac OS X is and how it compares (just because his son has a macbook doesn't mean he'd automatically play with it).
#5) You would think if you wanted to upgrade to something, you would find pictures of it online.
Don't get me wrong, I think it'd be great if it were true, but it doesn't seem plausible to me. - shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -7/+22I dugg up all the legal/illegal because its funny watching it go back and forth.
Its legal as long as he doesnt say its vista, or any way related to microsoft - DrBeaverhausen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15The dad will probably have his son install any software he get anyway, so its possible he could never find out.
- scabbers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1718 years ago: father impressed with new baby son, despite being away for 10 months.
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Son installs GEM on father's Atari ST, father thinks it's Vista. Film at eleven.
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