James E. LaBarre wrote: > In a humorous, unofficial ad, done for Gary Johnson's Presidential > campaign, Linux makes an appearance early in the video. The linux > appearance starts at 0:08 where you can see a room full of computer > screens, 4 of which show the classic wallpaper of Tux about to swat the > MSN butterfly. The next scene (0.10) shows a Ubuntu screen > (precise/12.04) running a repository update.
That's a fitting match, there is a small movement that goes back to the mid-nineties to adopt the penguin as the mascot/logo for the Libertarian party (http://www.thecreativefactory.com/Libertypenguin/aboutLP.html). And I'm guessing that Libertarians are more highly represented among Linux users than in the general population (and vice-versa). > > > http://reason.com/blog/2012/09/25/gary-johnson-and-the-zombies-ii > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Oct 3 - Mobile Web Development > Nov 7 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art > Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel > ============================================================================= michaelMuller = [email protected] | http://www.mindhog.net/~mmuller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The world is full of security systems. Hack one of them. - Bruce Schneier ============================================================================= _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Oct 3 - Mobile Web Development Nov 7 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel
