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Ubuntu Easter Eggs!

astralsin.com — Now as we all know, Linux is fun to use. It’s also true that the programmers like to have a little fun of their own. While some of these are Ubuntu specific, some of them are also true for any distribution. Let’s explore, shall we?

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  • inactive, on 10/29/2007, -20/+63None of those easter eggs are specific to ubuntu. Buried.
  • mattmcm, on 10/29/2007, -3/+16Didn't you get the memo? Any article with Ubuntu in the title gets dugg up like crazy.
  • chrisxkelley, on 10/29/2007, -5/+18dugg up.
    not only is that a ***** list, all of those have been around before ubuntu.

    gotta love the kids that think ubuntu == linux means linux == ubuntu
  • bruenig, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12This really is getting sad. Not one easter egg has a thing to do with ubuntu and the easter eggs are all crap. Yet front page, do you have no shame?
  • netkid91, on 10/29/2007, -1/+12Read my reply to kyle's post below; js and kyle are right! The apt-get and aptitude eggs are present in debian (and inherintly any Debian-based distro)! God, I use Ubuntu but those of you digging this guy down need to get a life!
  • jackhole, on 10/29/2007, -3/+10Not only is this list NOT a list of Ubuntu easter eggs, it's also a ***** list of NOT Ubuntu easter eggs. This is just a half-assed copy of the original half-assed Ubuntu easter egg diggspam: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_Easter_Eggs

    I wish I could actually kill and bury the submitter with my Bury. Along with all the fools who dugg this.
  • mjpatey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Hm, the "Frogger" reference in the article is spelled wrong, it should say "Froggie" in quotes, not "Froggle". And it doesn't play Frogger, just displays the word.

    For a decent list of OOo easter eggs...

    http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Easter_Eggs
  • syko21, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5duggmirror caught it
    http://duggmirror.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_Easter_Eggs_2/
  • kajoob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Great. Now all we'll be left with are Ron Paul and Atheist stories.
  • ctrlaltphreak, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7I can't believe this made the frontpage. Something needs to be added to the digg algoritham so when people digg pages with iPhone or Unbuntu in the title the diggs are worth half as much.
  • andre321, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Here's a mirror
    http://www.driftwood-dreams.co.uk/Anita/papier_mache_mirrors/papier-mache-mirror-jaipur.JPG
  • netkid91, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Not the place or time for this comment. Ubuntu is great and all, but you are a ***** idiot. I wish I could digg you down multiple times....
  • netkid91, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Yea, the aptitude and apt-get ones are present in Debian!!!
  • OrangeTide, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Hardly any easter eggs mentioned, none of them ubuntu specific. Buried.
  • zwaldowski, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4This is ridiculous, all of you!

    At the Ubuntu-bashers: so what? Ubuntu is bringing a whole new crowd of people to Linux. Don't like it? It's okay, go back to compiling your Gentoo kernel.

    At the people who submit Digg articles with Ubuntu in the name and the people who keep digging these useless articles up: STOP IT. IT'S GETTING OLD. I like Ubuntu, but this has to stop. Since when did a blog post about OpenOffice and apt Easter Eggs qualify as both Digg fodder and UBUNTU eggs? WTF?! In your defense, though, much more people would recognize a headline saying "HOWTO install Deluge on Ubuntu" than "HOWTO install Deluge on any Apt-based Distro"
  • ffleming, on 10/29/2007, -1/+4What the hell are you rambling about? He's right both in that this list has nothing to to with Ubuntu and that it's a ***** list.
  • Megatog615, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3As much as I love Ubuntu, you are right.
  • chrisxkelley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2baaaa, baaaa


    can i be a sheep too?
  • mjpatey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Now why did you go and do that?
  • netkid91, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Diggs != views! -1
  • chrisxkelley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1but debian came from ubuntu right?


    /
  • fydo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Unbuntu eh? Go for it, the Ubuntu stories will still come through. ;)
  • kamerononfire, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2eeggs.com has a bunch of old ones, a lot of them still work.

    http://eeggs.com/tree/1134.html
  • MeneerR, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You can press alt+f2 and type free the fish AGAIN and it will go away.
    Killing gnome-panel also works...
  • Atomic1fire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1no Ubuntu came from debian
    get your techie history right
  • djGentoo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Calling the Duggmirror!
  • BbIT, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1it is sort of for Ubuntu (and any other linux disrto that supports the apt-get command) but not ALL distros. you cant apt-get ***** in redhat or openSUSE. still inaccurate though.
  • jtb4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1He or she is a ***** idiot because they submitted a comment out of context? Or because they like Ubuntu? Why don't you stfu?
  • jtb4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ru Paul runs Linux on his iPhone because there is a government conspiracy concerning quantum physics and top 10 lists.
  • karthickdoss, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2There are still many who dont know this info. You could hv pretended u didnt read it if u already know. Dont show off.
  • dasunst3r, on 10/29/2007, -1/+2Buried also -- this is for all Linux, not just Ubuntu.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm bashing the fanboys NOT ubuntu. Try reading next time before you type something.
  • kyleflan, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5Not completely accurate, but still interesting. Dugg.
  • jtb4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No, I saw it go down with less before. There was also a site yesterday that died after something like 20 Diggs. (keep in mind 20 Diggs might equal several hundred page views, or more....)
  • LEDDY, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Cakes
  • jtb4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Don't worry- it's running Ubuntu- not Linux
  • gutistg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1So... are there any mirrors then?
  • hezi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0click on it to make it go away
  • CompIsMyRx, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Incomplete list. Typing "free the fish" into the run command (alt-f2) gives you a little fish that swims around your desktop. And it never goes away until you restart Xorg.
  • lowerlogic, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Mirror: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1333/719614841_fbc4eaf4b9.jpg?v=0
  • synchestric, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1As usual...
  • m2paper, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1So... are there any mirrors then?
  • userxrage, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0@yingjai

    maybe you shouldn't bother reading and commenting on articles about an OS that you don't use.
  • DjDeutschi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Coool I didn't knew it. There is so many cool stuff in Ubuntu! :)
  • raseel, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Loved the moos !!!
  • MrKC, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1And I love MS stories.
  • ThePict, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Gee, that's funny. Kubuntu works fine on my 4 year old desktop and Debian on my 8 year old laptop.
    Maybe you should check to see that your live disks burned properly.
  • kryptman40k, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I encourage you all the mark this as spam and bury it.
  • thepars, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I wish people would stop thinking diggs means how many people are actually viewing it. Many people view the site and don't digg it e.g. me
  • speaker219, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Also, digg up every single story that contains the word "Ubuntu" or "Linux" in any form.
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