From: serialhex Date: 2011-06-27T03:57:34+09:00 Subject: Re: Rubicle, the unofficial Ruby mascot, released --005045015a66daa46a04a6a20149 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Tony Arcieri wrote: > So this is Ruby-tan? (ala http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan) > something like that i guess... i kinda like it [tho i'm looking for a terminal that allows me to use the BG images in it... i like konsole but it doesn't allow BG images ;( ] hex -- > > Other than the fact Linux has a cool name, could someone explain why I > > should use Linux over BSD? > > No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked very hard on > creating a name that would appeal to the majority of people, and it > certainly paid off: thousands of people are using linux just to be able > to say "OS/2? Hah. I've got Linux. What a cool name". 386BSD made the > mistake of putting a lot of numbers and weird abbreviations into the > name, and is scaring away a lot of people just because it sounds too > technical. -- Linus Torvalds' follow-up to a question about Linux --005045015a66daa46a04a6a20149--