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Ubuntu sticker: Windows Vista Dismissed

madman2k.net — Inspired by a "Vista-Capable" User Avatar which said "Windows Vista incapable/ Stick with Windows XP", a Linux supporter made this cool sticker. Would be nice to see it available in real.

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  • supermajic, on 10/11/2007, -293/+49Because Ubuntu is just amazing and Microsoft is the devil. Oh, and don't forget how bad Vista is! OMG, it like, Totally sux!!

    Yep. propoganda is an appropriate title for this page.
    • justnick, on 10/11/2007, -16/+214I like Vista but I would love to have this sticker. Get a sense of humor man.
    • shrewduser, on 10/11/2007, -96/+16its true what they say about sarcasm, its pretty ***** lame...
    • fuzzmeister, on 10/11/2007, -17/+142Man, we're talking about _operating systems_. People can use whatever operating system they want, it doesn't hurt you at all. Get a life.
    • capiCrimm, on 10/11/2007, -14/+63Dell should pick this up. :D
    • clemsontiger, on 10/11/2007, -12/+46I only use windows but thats funny, i don't care who you are.


      slightly off topic, but kudos for keeping the site up
    • poopyfinger, on 10/11/2007, -39/+8Cool sticker but Ubuntu is only slightly better than Vista. They're both overhyped tubs of *****.
    • kingfoot, on 10/11/2007, -21/+19I personally don't care (though i choose mac os x over windows xp/vista when i can) but my friend recently said to me, "Man, I got [windows] vista [ultimate] for FREE and it still isnt worth it!" as he was getting ready to reinstall XP. So I guess, take that however you want...
    • LoveWidescreen, on 10/11/2007, -9/+42I used Windows because I'm a PC gamer. (If I need a UNIX fix, I'll use one of my multiple Sun workstations.) Vista came with my new Compaq laptop. I tried to use it for a few months; however, I just bought a new hard drive and "upgraded" from Vista to XP. Vista was slow, ate up CPU (even with all "whiz bang" things turned off), and backwards compatibility with several of the applications that use, particularly when it comes to video and audio editing, was abysmal. Now that I've gone back to XP, I can use all of the applications that I would use on my regular PCs.

      So, yes, Vista does suck if you do anything more than surf the net and you really need to be productive with particular apps. The fact that you're being such a whiner about Vista proves that you kiss Microsoft's ass, you hate Linux for the sake of hating Linux, you have never attempted to use Vista for anything more than surfing the web, or a combination of those.
    • glasgowm, on 10/11/2007, -9/+24Until Apple releases a iTunes for Ubuntu I cannot switch all my iPod-loving relatives over. :(


      Please Apple!!!
    • adderx99, on 10/11/2007, -6/+21http://zune-downloadz.com/designedforubuntu.jpg
    • jpohl, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15check out gtkpod
    • Fartag, on 10/11/2007, -7/+18@fuzzmeister: "People can use whatever operating system they want, it doesn't hurt you at all. Get a life."

      But it does hurt which is what all the fuss is about. Understand that supporting a strongly anticompetitive monopoly actually restricts the entire PC field. This, hopefully, is clearly not a good idea! There's already a superior OS and various distros available, but they have traditionally lacked the benefits of vendor targeted support that a monopoly has. This has improved significantly in the last few years despite many vendors' non-efforts. Through awareness and education about alternatives, mainstream dependence on a restricting monopoly can end much sooner to the benefit of everyone.
    • NeoSporin, on 10/11/2007, -19/+14Do I have to be a Linux fanboy to find this to be remotely funny?

      Right now its at ultra-lame status
    • andron, on 10/11/2007, -4/+6@fuzzmeister

      Erm yes it does hurt me.

      All those zombied Windows boxes are sending me the huge amounts of spam that clog my indox!
      And lets not even start on the damage this causes to the world (Global Warming from the increased number of servers and CPU processing needed by all the filtering software).


      @adderx99
      We would actually need to find a machine that had been specifically designed for Ubuntu, most boxes are not designed for Linux, hence the reason you have to mess with configuration or install binary drivers to get the hardware fully functional (ok so only my NVidia card needs the binary drivers for full support but still means my machine was not designed for ubuntu).


      Anyone else think the Ubuntu logo looks fuzzy or have my eyes finally given up?
    • championchap, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5@supermajic (#6982460)
      No man, Ubuntu works on my PC right away.
      Whereas Vista bluescreens randomly.. seems to be every 10 mins at the least. Sometimes a tad more.

      And its not because my hardware is bollocks. Geforce 7600gt, Athlon 4200 x2, gig of ram, etc.
      I've yet to find out what the problem is. Some tell me it may be my graphics card, others say it could be the sound.. oh, and i once heard it was my motherboard.

      Honestly if anyone has any information on this please tell me!
      I WANT to like Vista, and for the 10-15 mins ive used of it I do actually prefer it to XP.
    • modulo1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4@glasgowm:

      I'm going to cast my vote for Songbird.

      http://www.songbirdnest.com/

      ~o1
    • lacronicus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4championchap, check your temps, then check your power supply. and clean out your case.

      actually check your video card temps first. vista uses the gpu to render the gui, where, unless your using beryl, linux does not. since it works in linux, but not vista, then this could verly well be the problem. put vista into basic, or try running a 3d app in linux. if it "blue screens" in linux, then thats your problem. blue screens in vista (afaik) are only caused by hardware problems, and that is not necessarily limited to not having adequate hardware. temperature is the great equalizer, niether a 9700 or an 8800 can work at 200*c
    • championchap, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Thanks for the advice, but I use Beryl under Linux and ocasionally Maya on XP.
      My Graphics card runs at about 42c ..so i dont think thats the problem unfortunatly.

      Guess I'll have to keep searching.. sigh.
  • selrahc, on 10/11/2007, -8/+45I have this sticker on my crummy old laptop(it runs xubuntu rather slowly, I don't know how it ever ran XP). It's not quite as provocative, but only makes sense if you have older hardware. http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Vista+Impossible?content=53228
    • theMurdocVolta, on 10/11/2007, -18/+34My old Acer TravelMate 220 ran xubuntu and ubuntu so slowly it was maddening, then I installed XP and it ran flawlessly fast, crazy huh?
    • Buelldozer, on 10/11/2007, -35/+20You are obviously delusional. Windows XP does not run "flawlessly fast" on ANYTHING with only 128 Meg of RAM. PERIOD.
    • mattmcm, on 10/11/2007, -20/+19@Buelldozer (#6990697)
      Yes, it does.
    • Myonosken, on 10/11/2007, -13/+22Yes it does. Namely my laptop which drags like ***** on Ubuntu.
    • Sicarul, on 10/11/2007, -11/+17It does until you install Service Pack 2, at least on my experience.
    • n0ydz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+28In terms of different distro's of Linux, *Ubuntu isn't really known for it's speed, but it's ease of use and good hardware capability. If you want speed in Linux, you might want to look into Arch, Gentoo or Slackware, just to name a few. These are considered to be some of the fastest distro's around.
    • noamsml, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I suggest you try Archlinux. I just installed it today on an old Compaq laptop (an Evo N800v with a 1.8 GHz Pentium 4 mobile processor and 256 MB of memory), and it only uses 125 megs of memory with firefox and a few other apps open. I'm honestly amazed at its miniscule footprint.
    • msgyrd, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I'm running an old Thinkpad 600E on Xubuntu, and it's quite responsive. 400Mhz Pentium II and 128Mb of ram. Heavy multitasking is out of the question, but for one thing at a time, it's fine. Sadly, it also boots up nearly as quick as my dual core desktop.
  • digitallysick, on 10/11/2007, -1/+45I want a nice ubuntu metal sticker to go on the front panel of the pc. (like the intel/amd)
  • skizzabadoo, on 10/11/2007, -11/+147OH GOD I HATE WHEN MY CAPSLOCK BUTTON STOPS WORKING, NO REALLY THERE IS NO WAY I CAN'T STOP LOOKING LIKE A FOOL, OH WAIT i can hold down the shift button and regain some dignity.
    • abid786, on 10/11/2007, -38/+11Yet you still didn't capitalize the "I" ;-)
      (Im no grammar nazi but I had to on this one).
    • idugcoal, on 10/11/2007, -4/+47"Im no grammar nazi"

      Cudda foold me!
    • jennamalia, on 10/11/2007, -1/+25Don't you just hate it when you post a new comment and lose the context of actually replying to a comment?
    • rejoined, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3Yet you still didn't properly punctuate the "I'm" ;-)
      (I'm no punctuation nazi but I had to on this one).

      Edit: People have already commented on it, so my comment is extraneous now. Please ignore.
    • TomP, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18I ripped out my caps lock button ages ago...
    • acetv, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3I edited the registry so my capslock button behaves like left-CTRL.
    • kwilliam, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12My caps lock key switches between the two most recently active windows. (Like Alt+Tab.)
      http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=420705
    • logic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6On my computer capslock brings up the Enso terminal.
    • bradleyland, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27My CAPS LOCK button ends world hunger.
    • cptn_cardboard, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14I hacked my registry so my caps lock button acts like a caps lock button.
    • dengzhi, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1digg is full of Grammar Nazis. watch out
    • jasonvw, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3BUT CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL!
      (Sorry, I had to.)
    • TheSpore, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I wish keyboards had a Caps Lock switch, instead of a Caps Lock button. It would be a lot harder to accidentally press, but it would be there when you need it.
    • quade, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1"digg is full of Grammar Nazis. watch out"

      Godwin's Law. You lose.
    • licoricewhip, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1IM IN UR CAPZ YELLN AT UR PEERS.

      ( I honestly just discovered lolcat phrases a month or so ago )
  • ChaosSeven, on 10/11/2007, -13/+2Now they just need an OS X one.
    • redxii, on 10/11/2007, -5/+9Apple has those, but they are OEM stickers. You have to buy a Mac with the sticker.
    • slithy, on 10/11/2007, -8/+12The reason Apple doesn't have any is because they don't want their sleek, sexy design junked up by a bunch of trash stickers.
    • elnerdo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12Mac doesn't have that, because ALL hardware that runs OSX is SPECIFICALLY designed for OSX. They don't need to tell the consumer that it is capable of running the OS.
  • rejoined, on 10/11/2007, -19/+56Another idea for the sticker:
    (Warning: May sound stupid)

    "Liberated By Ubuntu Linux
    Hasta La Vista, Windows."
    • idugcoal, on 10/11/2007, -6/+29Dugg for the warning ;)

      (not a bad idea, i just liked the warning)
    • farther, on 10/11/2007, -25/+4My old laptop (AthXP 1700+ Mobile, 256MB RAM, *****-egrated graphics) won't even install Ubuntu, even on the text install. The Ubuntu install process also raped my dual boot setup. Strangely enough, this same laptop will have no problems when I format it again and reinstall XP. What the hell happened to the miracle OS that was supposed to install and run like butter on old-spec systems?

      So much for the open-source revolution. Clean up your *****, and maybe it'll be adopted.
    • pizpot, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18"So much for the open-source revolution."

      Linux is made by regular people. You can either 1) live with your problem 2) log into the ubuntu support forum and get help 3) fix it and give the work back to linux
    • AUniqueName, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14@farther

      No one said Linux is guaranteed to work on every single computer out there. Some machines out there may have quirks or minor differences that may cause issues in booting/using Linux that other people just do not experience at all (or other people who may have experienced didn't bother to report a bug on).

      Have you tried reporting your installation issue to the developers of Ubuntu at www.launchpad.net with the exact steps you tried, where it failed for you, and any error messages you got, if there were any, during the installation?
  • opiv421, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3awesome
  • Ramble, on 10/11/2007, -37/+8Good for you, you have a sticker.
    We don't care.
    • idugcoal, on 10/11/2007, -2/+26Good for you, you have an opinion.
      (Guess what I was gonna say here!)
    • gavintlgold, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9Though it might be hard for you to imagine, about 650 (right now) people DO care.
  • littleerik, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10Someone that has sticker printing capabilities should get right on this one. I'll take five, please.
    • estvir, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9> Someone that has sticker printing capabilities should get right on this one.

      Buy an A4 sheet of 'sticker paper' from your local newsagent for around $1, print out a bunch than cut them up.

      Yes, it is that simple for some basic stickers (I had to make some for a university assignment and just did it this way, they were fine, but be careful when cutting, if you go all the way through they're near impossible to peel off). :o

      Of course, stickers done this way aren't the highest quality but they'd stick fine to a flat surface on a PC case and won't come off unless you're rubbing them a lot and I don't know about you, but I don't rub my PC case.. but if you do rub your PC case often, good for you. :P
    • aoyamamotoko, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0My sticker solution isn't as elegant, but works well enough for me:

      - Print out the image on a sheet of nice paper. Printing borders at the cut size are a good idea.
      - Get a roll of clear sealing tape (the kind you use on boxes to close them up.
      - Put the tape on the top of the image and push down nice and firm to keep air bubbles out.
      - Turn the paper over and apply some double-stick tape to the area of the print.
      - Cut out the new "badge" and apply to where you want.

      This is good enough for personal work, and I've found it works about as good as most of the paper stickers out there. The added bonus over printing directly on sticker paper is the print itself is behind the clear tape, making it impossible to smudge the design. Of course, you could just apply the clear tape over the top of the sticker paper and not need to worry about the double-stick tape.
  • galaxy121, on 10/11/2007, -11/+3Wow stickers ? You must be the coolest person alive.
  • kestrel127, on 10/11/2007, -24/+11I tried installing my nvidia drivers for my video cards after getting Ubuntu installed and it just started crashing. I found about a million different ways online how to install them and I wasn't feeling lucky enough to guess the right way in my case, nor did I have the time.

    So I went back into windows and just double-clicked the driver install icon and I was good to go.

    ps: i'm a gamer
    • stmiller, on 10/11/2007, -18/+12ps: nobody cares
    • kestrel127, on 10/11/2007, -18/+6I don't care.
    • 35263526, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7You cared enough to try to get the last word in :P

      Out of interest, which version of Ub were you using? I had real problems getting NVIDIA's drivers to work the first two versions I tried, but with Feisty it was just a matter of enabling them in the GUI (though I won't dismiss that some people have had issues with that). That being said, Linux isn't really the best option for someone focused on gaming above all else; for anything else, though, it's king (and if 3D virtualization happens as soon as seems likely, that niggle should be dealt with).
    • 1nc0gnito, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4I don't know what version of ubuntu you had tried, but as mentioned else where in these comments. You can enable restricted drivers such as Nivida's using the restriced driver manager under the system menu in Feisty. I play some games, and have found Cross-over office/ Wine helpful in some cases depending on the game, and dosbox rocks for older games. As for the newer ones, I did buy a copy of cedega (for $15 who can complain ? I pay $50 for one game geesh) and that allows me to play all of my star wars games, but anyhow, it wont play everygame under the sun, and it wasnt ment too. I hear many people say they wont leave windows because they play games. I just wonder if they realize how cheesy it sounds that the only leg thier OS has to stand on is that it plays games like a video game console.
    • n0ydz, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia#head-7f830fe17ae6da7c546decbb10c32ff61471258e
    • estvir, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17> ps: nobody cares

      Good job helping someone switch to Linux, you make your avatar proud.
    • cynicist, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3He doesn't want to switch to Linux. If he did he would be posting his question in a forum instead of flaming on digg.
    • lacronicus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2my situation was very similar to his. for the life of me, i could not get the video drivers installed in ubuntu, and so could not go over 640 480 which was not a res i planned on using for any amount of time. granted, it is true i never intended to switch, but i did intend to at least get to know linux and have it available in case my windows install went south. but as much as i looked, none of the solutions i found on forums helped. I look forward to trying it again, since ive heard a number of good things about feisty, and as ive heard here, the driver problem seems to be remedied.
  • charityjustice, on 10/11/2007, -11/+20Its not funny and its self-defeating.

    It come across as childish and petty, unfortunately like a good deal of what the open source community does at times. When someone you're trying to get to make the switch away from MS sees that goofy sticker on the side of your laptop they're going to dismiss you and your cause as juvenile rebellion for rebellion's sake.
    • reed311, on 10/11/2007, -12/+10Exactly, and then once Ubuntu becomes too popular they will have to use something else so they can rebel against it. Of course we'll both be dugg down into oblivion for insulting Digg's God: Ubuntu. It's like that episode of South Park where they burn down Walmart and then they end up burning down the local place when it becomes too big and offers the same things as Walmart did.
    • stmiller, on 10/11/2007, -13/+7It's a funny sticker. Come on, have a sense of humor.
    • 35263526, on 10/11/2007, -4/+21It's poking a little fun at a Windows marketing tool. Grow a sense of humour; I seriously doubt anyone'd take it seriously, and even if they did they probably wouldn't think about it enough to turn them against Linux.
    • lacronicus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3dont we say the same thing about the "im a mac, im a pc" ads? sure nobody takes them seriously, but it makes apple look bad, just like this makes linux look bad. i find no humor in the mac ads, and many others feel the same way. does that mean we lack a sense of humor? i doubt it, since you probably dislike them too. so why should we be expected to like these, when they do the same thing? because linux is better? thats what the macolytes said, and then we proceeded to make fun of them for having a foolish advertisement. the same is being done here.
  • CoRP5e, on 10/11/2007, -18/+13Why is it that Linux users seem to have justify using Linux to everyone?
    • Urusai, on 10/11/2007, -6/+17The "default" OS, for people with no preferences or reason to choose, is Windows. Those who choose something else (Linux, MacOS, etc.) have reasons which they might (and often do) share.

      For instance, I'm running Linux because 1) I have no license for Windows (I gave mine away), 2) I was running Win x64 on a "borrowed" license and I decided to stop doing that, 3) Vista doesn't look worth the money, particularly given the problems with drivers and with games, 4) it's free, and I can always change my mind later.
    • JorgeGT, on 10/11/2007, -6/+11"particularly given the problems with drivers and with games"
      Err... uh... mmh...
      Nevermind.
  • eastshores, on 10/11/2007, -7/+12This lacks wit.. creativity.. what the hell do you people see in it that warrants its publication?
  • DomZy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7If you order the free ubuntu cd's from ubuntu.com you get sent some stickers as well, not small ones like these, but ones you can stick on your laptop or whatever
    • n0ydz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I wouldn't recommend putting them on your laptop, at least not on the wrist section where most sitckers are on laptops. They wear off really quick, I had one on my T60p and it wore off within a week.
  • eugene2x, on 10/11/2007, -14/+7The Linux craze is going too far...
    • elnerdo, on 10/11/2007, -4/+8The Linux craze isn't going far enough.
    • mrmman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Linux is a pretty good competitor to Windows and OS/X you know
  • charityjustice, on 10/11/2007, -5/+9I understand and recognize what some folks find humorous about this sticker at its very base level, I'm just able to see that the humor would shoot itself in the foot if put forth to the non-OS community. I also have no doubt that the kind of people who find this hilarious are *not* the kind of people the open source community needs championing it.

    In every possible way, this sticker goes from humorous to pointless the moment you rub two neurons together.
  • KineticShampoo, on 10/11/2007, -9/+21Guys Ubuntu is an OS not a friggin' social movement. *****.
    • mercurysquad, on 10/11/2007, -8/+7Quite the contrary..
    • dengzhi, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2its not? I boot U
    • Jholder112233, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3Ubuntu is LInux for people. So in a way it is supposed to be social.
    • Shootfast, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Tell that to the mac guys...
  • xkrwlng, on 10/11/2007, -15/+10linux isn't ready for the average joe user

    ergo, putting this sticker on your PC is kind of like walking around with a Tux the penguin tshirt. your a nerd either way
    • stmiller, on 10/11/2007, -11/+12Whereas walking around with a Windows logo t-shirt is completely normal...
    • dave932932, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5It's not.
  • scabbers, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2INTEL OUTSIDE!!!!!111111111
  • ariez84, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Wish I could buy that. (And I run windows as main OS, and Ubuntu as secondary "im bored and would like to ***** around Linux" OS.
  • nanostream, on 10/11/2007, -7/+6"Windows Vista Dismissed," dang that's harsh but it makes me smile
  • diablo75, on 10/11/2007, -11/+4I already have mine:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/2X-ubuntu-2-X-Linux-powered-sticker-mod_W0QQitemZ290123000093QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41881QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
    • cptn_cardboard, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I think you may have just invented "ebayspam"
      congratulations!
  • ckhw2, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3The point of buying Ubuntu or FreeDOS is that it's free. Earlier, we were forced to buy another license of Windows XP with a new Dell PC, even though we already had a license from an earlier purchase or elsewhere. If you don't like Ubuntu, then wipe it off your HDD and install your old copy of XP. You can save some cash by not buying another OEM.
    • Ocelot13, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2how do you buy something thats free to begin with?
  • JayRD, on 10/11/2007, -4/+6Very cute and funny. Also stuck up and obnoxious.
  • fani, on 10/11/2007, -7/+11As much as I love Linux, any OS that proves itself better by childish name calling of other OS's isn't mature.
    and not mature enough for the desktop.

    It should tout its prowess and show it is better by pulling itself up, instead of putting other OS's down.

    Its the same here on Digg where many people put others down instead of pulling themselves up with better viewpoints.
    • UKsHaDoW, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8You also forgot, that this is not Ubuntu doing this, but its fans.

      I will also point out windows 'fans' do this also, by saying 'UBUNTU sux', or 'Linux can't play games' etc.

      Oh perfect example down below
      'But linux sucks, nerds.
      '
    • sundancekid503, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferiority_complex
    • tautoa, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Looking through the official Ubuntu documentation, it does tend to focus on what it can do, rather than simply why it is better than other OSs. Unfortunately, a minority of the Linux community (and they are in the minority), seem to think it's a case of good vs. evil.
      On the other hand, a minority of newcomers to Linux give up at the first hurdle, and begin slating it, forgetting that there are shortcomings in other OSs too.
      Linux isn't always easy to use, but the benefits justify the time you have to put in.
    • meanfish, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2And MS is mature?

      Their company's CEO is a chair-throwing Dick Cheney wannabe madman whose idea of corporate relations involves "***** killing Google."

      Shuttleworth and Jobs at least conduct themselves professionally and are men of vision. In this regard Ubuntu and Mac OS X are on more stable footing than Windows.





    • arjie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1But the OS isn't doing anything! Frankly, I judge an Operating System by what it can do, not by how its supporters work. I choose an OS by a lot of other factors, including how the supporters are, how the support is, how much I can do with it.
  • irCuBiC, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2How cute.
  • seanwuzhere, on 10/11/2007, -6/+3Ubuntu is not very liberating when I spend all weekend trying to make my Linksys WPC54G wireless card work with ndiswrapper and about 9 billion different commands on my laptop only to be disappointed in the end. Don't get me wrong, I love Ubuntu, but it (even though it is the best of the bunch) still has a long way to go. I could list off a ton of things that Windows is still better at. So if you REALLY want to be liberated, use both.
    • leighmac, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6you're right I'm using both at the minute.. which is painful but it's the only way i can do it. We just need more people to make the switch so software company's like Adobe start making compatible software. I have not had any hardware troubles.. but then again I'm new to Ubuntu. Love the sticker! :)

    • dave932932, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2No, it's the other way around. I'll switch to Ubuntu when it suits my needs. I'm not going to switch to a MIA OS just so it can get better.
  • curbcheck, on 10/11/2007, -15/+5But linux sucks, nerds.
    • UKsHaDoW, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1ok...
    • thomasprebble, on 10/11/2007, -6/+3And you touch yourself at night.
    • digdug2020, on 10/11/2007, -5/+8Wow that's the most enlightening statement that I've read all day. After my 10 years of Linux use, your infallible logic will make me finally switch back to Windows. Wow. Thought about law school?
  • dave932932, on 10/11/2007, -11/+8Liberated from official drivers and 99% of the software out there.
    • meanfish, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Dugg down for inaccuracy. There is a suitable replacement for any program you can find in Windows. Period.
  • mrmacky, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3I'm going to print off a few of these once I get some sticky paper :)
  • PueSi, on 10/11/2007, -5/+9I want one that says "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg...sometimes you get what you paid for"
  • MavRevMatt, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10What is with you bloody people and stickers?
  • PixelEater, on 10/11/2007, -6/+4omg fabulous sticker guys I want one that says Designed for Windows - Emulated by Linux lol wut DISMISSED BITCHES
    • hanexar, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0buried for the bitching, otherwise it was funny.
  • thedragon4453, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2actually, instead of adding a useless sticker, i would love it if pc makers made boxes that looked good. this is the one thing that i think apple really got right. they dont put stickers, because when you look at you know simply by the simple elegance that it is a mac. this is the one thing that i keep hoping that pc makers will copy.
  • Baltoche, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
  • Avalontor, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Now we're in trouble the Linux folks have stickers. run, head for the hills Microsoft crash and burn in 3.. 2.. 1..

    Oh wait, won't happen in your lifetime, grow up.
  • Beevo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Currently running Vista Ultimate and can't see making the switch until wireless drivers become easier to figure out on Linux. I've played around with a Ubuntu and a Sabayon Linux boot disk and I really like the look of both, but after 3 days of trying to figure out how to get my wife's computer to connected to the internet I just gave up and decided Linux was gonna have to wait till I understood more about it...and yet I can't force myself to study it so that's never gonna happen.
    • cynicist, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Its really not that difficult. Look at a hardware compatibility list and find hardware that is supported. I purchased my wireless card specifically because it was supported and it works out of the box with no configuration. You just have to put some effort into it if you really want to switch.

      http://linux-wless.passys.nl/
    • Beevo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2That's just it....with Windows Vista I have to make NO effort. It just works. Until Linux can make switching effort free then they will always be just behind windows. Not everyone who uses a computer wants to put effort into it. It just has to work.
    • cynicist, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2If Windows Vista just works for you, why do you want to switch?
  • gojeda, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2(yawn)

    Guess what, XP sucked balls until SP1. XP became great after SP1.

    Vista will suck balls until SP1. Vista will become great after SP1.

    Move along, nothing to see here...
    • xkrwlng, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1xp stuff doesn't work on vista = vista will never become great?
      2000 stuff i believe works on XP. its been a LONG time since I was on a 2000 box though.

      vista is like the sterile offspring of XP and OSX - it has OSX's sexy (i've heard), but is also completely useless
    • gojeda, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3"xp stuff doesn't work on vista = vista will never become great?"

      Windows 98 stuff was broken under 2000.

      "2000 stuff i believe works on XP. its been a LONG time since I was on a 2000 box though."

      Because XP is a kissing cousing of 2000 while Vista is the 2nd or 3 cousin of XP. The only thing really separating 2000 and XP was gaming support. Vista is quite different under the hood from XP.

      "vista is like the sterile offspring of XP and OSX - it has OSX's sexy (i've heard), but is also completely useless"

      The payoff on Vista has not occured yet simply because the OS is ahead of the hardware and software development curve at the moment. When they catch up, like they had to catch up with 2000XP, that is when Vista will shine.
  • tim620, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Thats Awesome! When do they go on sale?
  • marx2k, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1By the way... free "Powered By Ubuntu" stickers are and have been available - http://system76.com/index.php/cPath/53_64

    They're not printed on aluminum or anything but they are what they are :)
  • FIip, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1The site had a below-average load time for me, so here's a screenshot in case it conks out.

    http://i16.tinypic.com/542wleh.png
  • Darcy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Does this mean that, if Microsoft was to make stickers that made fun of Ubuntu, you Linux users would find them funny and not get upset?
    Wouldn't this opportunity be used for a few weeks of MS bashing, with headlines like: "M$ begin a vicious, evil anti-Linux sticker campaign"? I could just imagine what the reaction would be like on digg and slashdot if Microsoft did something similar to this, or made a series of anti-Apple ads. It would not be pretty.
    • meanfish, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Apples and oranges -- Canonical isn't the source of these stickers, but rather linux users are. If the MS advocates did it, that would be a fair argument. And honestly nobody would care.
  • whiskeysquared, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Windows can still allow me to easily change and recognize my screen resolution... Ubuntu can't do that. I consider a nice display requisite to using my computer.
    • cynicist, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1What about the nvidia control panel? I've never had a problem changing my resolution from there. (though I haven't used it in a while)
    • whiskeysquared, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1NVIDIA cp is inop on my ubuntu install, and envy isn't very helpful either (crashed the gui). And toying with the xorg file isn't user friendly. Windows may be evil, but it's a user friendly evil when it comes to configuration. If ubuntu-land comes out with a "perfect configuration on any machine" install app, sign me up.
  • Sixcolors, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I still have an old Pro-PowerPC T-shirt that has the "classic" trash can icon with the "Intel Inside" logo on it. I think I bought it around the time that they were running the Snail and flaming "bunnies" ads. Who could've foreseen?
  • kickasspodcast, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5blurry unoriginal logo, complete ***** waste of time=buried. Improve your OS not your stickers.

    Did I mention the hi-res link is teh suck?

    http://www.madman2k.net/files/ubuntu-liberated.svg
    • mossblaser, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Have you tried opening it in Ink Scape? Looks fine and non-blurry to me...
  • xile, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Ironically, I'm virtualizing Ubuntu with VMware on Vista right now. I'm impressed with both operating systems.

    Sadly, virtual video cards don't support Beryl.
  • Aines, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0Ubuntu Feisty Fawn is the crap.

    It didn't recognize my wireless card while Edgy Eft did, what a shame.

    I had to get back to Win XP.
    • gojeda, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1FF is nice, but Ubuntu really needs to cut it out with the ragingly fruity and stupid names for their versioning.
  • larrywsm, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Cool!
  • ChileanGoD, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If you work at a sticker making company, please produce these and sell them on ebay.
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