I just use them for conversation starters that can lead into LO. One day, I will get some actual Tux and other items, but I no longer work in an office, but out of my apartment.
On 10/05/2013 12:10 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Nicely said Virgil! :D You almost make it sound like you are not already in > the club just by using LibreOffice and a bit more besides! :) > > The Tux penguin is a mascot of Gnu&Linux but used a bit more widely in > OpenSource generally too. I was thinking of using a cuddly toy as a way of > sounding out the IT department. Only people "in the know" would recognise it > and you might see a flash of a grin from just 1 individual and be able to > make contact with that person when the Windows fanboys aren't around. Like a > super secret symbol used by a secret society so members can recognise each > other. Like 2 fishes or dodgy handshakes or logos. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > ________________________________ > From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, 5 October 2013, 13:32 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??) > > > > We are not weird, just passonate about Open Source. > > Actually, to be honest, having some type of penguin stuff animal or sign > at our work desks can be a good conversation starter for Linux, Open > Source Packages, and even LO. Instead of you coming to them, they come > to you and would not be concidered rude on your side to answer questions > when they come to you. > > The Penguin Defence Squad poster was just something to give others a > good laugh. > > Well, to be perfectly honest, it is weird for us to . . . . > 1 - want to pay for an operating system for our computers, if we get a > good one for free. > > 2 - want to pay for an office suite when you can get a good one for free > - think LO > > 3 - want to deal with all of the crashes and other stability issues > > 4 - want to have the OS "type" that runs most of the Internet and other > "must be up 99.99% of the time" servers? > > 5 - want to have the freedom to choose what the desktop environment will > look like - Untiy, KDE, MATE, and a whole lot of others - instead of > what some big company boss decides you must like. > > It is called Freedom > > by the way > more and more industries are moving over to Linux as their primary > business systems, desktop and server, and dropping MS products, after MS > decided that everyone wanted those little tiles on your computer and > many other things that businesses really do not want. > > Would you have 10+ windows open and on the screen or minimized to the > "tray"? When I work, I tend to have many windows open at the same time, > or minimized so I can interact with all them creating my documents. > Last Time I tried it on Windows, Vista or Win7, it was a nightmare. > > I really love Ubuntu Linux over Windows 7. I started using Linux when I > could not find a free Windows package to do what I needed after the > Windows package crashed and would not allow me to reinstall it. I have > been using it as my default desktop since early spring of 2010. I have > all my Windows laptops dual booting to Ubuntu as well. There are > something I need Windows for, but I rarely use it more than a few times > a month. > > Yes, we are weird, but it is a good weird. > > > On 10/05/2013 07:44 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote: >> These two messages 'splain a lot. You Linux dudes are really weird. ;) >> >> Virgil >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster >> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 8:53 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Corrupt Installer Errors?? >> >> >> I collect every non-movie-character penguin stuffed animal as I can >> find. I think they are cute, for some odd reason. >> >> Still, it would be interesting to see more Tux Penguin "items" being >> sold somewhere so you could have a "Tux" on your desk or door, or >> somewhere. Then if the ask why you have a pengiun there, you could tell >> them. Actually, I found severl hundred penguin images that have the >> character dressed in super hero and other "costumes". I even have a >> self made poster stating that my place is defended by a Penguin Defence >> Squad with about a dozen costume character penguines that are dresses in >> such a way that I would not want to have a bunch of humans dress liked >> that I had to go up against, even if a few look more Halloween costume >> than real type people would wear. >> >> >> >> >> On 10/04/2013 11:09 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >>> Hi :) >>> Maybe consider being nice to them and getting a cute cuddly penguin >>> as a present. Also see if you can spot anyone that already has a >>> penguin on their desk as they might be more amenable to using >>> OpenSource software. >>> >>> Personally i tend to hate cute and cuddly things but even so if it >>> was a penguin that would make me smile. Penguins are so cool, >>> especially Tux >>> Regards from >>> Tom :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: contrazz <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 4:59 >>> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Corrupt Installer Errors?? >>> >>> >>> Wow! >>> Nice thread hijack, folks! >>> >From busted downloads to nefarious Wi-Fi in three easy steps! >>> >>> My company's firewall doesn't allow torrent downloads. >>> >>> I never use IE unless it's the only option. >>> I used Firefox and Chrome - with identical, broken results. >>> Eventually, I took one of the computers off-site, and immediately got >>> a good >>> download. . >>> Back inside the perimeter, another try yielded another broken file. >>> I'll grouch to my IT crew about it tomorrow. >>> >>> Hope y'all have fun with the Wi-Fi thread ... ! >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Corrupt-Installer-Errors-tp4075791p4075945.html >>> Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
