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  • CripplerX, on 10/11/2007, -31/+17haha, not bad
    • Tunguska, on 10/11/2007, -12/+126I was hoping for the by-line... "Linux guyz get all teh chikz"

      Then I remembered I haven't been laid since Ubuntu got its freek on.
    • noahs, on 10/11/2007, -39/+22Thought it was rather clever.

      no, it sucked
    • sishgupta, on 10/11/2007, -24/+197I saw this yesterday but didn't submit it to digg because it is truly awful.
    • Nicksname1, on 10/11/2007, -12/+59Yeah but it wasn't good. Lets just be happy that Ubuntu is so ridiculously awesome that there's no need for advertising. It speaks for itself.
    • adiman7, on 10/11/2007, -3/+47http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAr3XbqUbjo
    • KielKilla, on 10/11/2007, -17/+65This commercial sucks. It was taking the same path as Apple where they think bashing the opponent will fix all their problems but really they should actually advertise the OS. Linux all ready knows it's better then windows and so do alot of other people. No need for ***** this low, I'm really disappointed...
    • XTX7X, on 10/11/2007, -14/+27Completely pointless and stupid. Those who can't secure Linux properly are just as vulnerable to intruders (not viruses, mind) as those running Windows. I would have loved to see a 30 second clip advertising the features instead of just saying "BWAHAHAA, YOUR OS SUCKS" and then providing them word a word, "Linux", while they probably don't even know what it means.
    • SlvrEagle23, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22Surely there are SOME people in the Linux community with a working education in marketing. I love Linux, but very few around me like it or, for that matter, even know what it is. I can't say I'm surprised though, because all the advertisement it gets seems to be catered to people who are already sold on it.

      Take this ad...it makes some unfortunate assumptions about the audience at large:

      - Everyone who is cool knows what Linux is already and only needs to hear the name to be excited,
      - If you don't know what Linux is, you are too stupid to benefit from it, so we won't bother telling you,
      - The freeness (as in beer) of the software isn't a huge point of appeal to the general consumer, and
      - The freeness (as in freedom) of the software is a concept everyone understands, regardless of whether they even know what source code is at all.

      In short, while I agree that most intruders "get in through Windows", that will keep being a problem as long as Linux's marketing efforts aren't down-to-earth at all.
    • chriskzoo, on 10/11/2007, -5/+87Funny, when I watched it I assumed that those little decrepit windows and attics were the places people using Ubuntu were living.
    • pezholio, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2He he! Obviously the same train of thought as me
    • cawpin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10"Those who can't secure Linux properly are just as vulnerable to intruders (not viruses, mind) as those running Windows."

      While this is true it isn't the default like it is in Windows. When you install a modern Linux system it asks you for an administrator password AND has you set up a user account. People will use the user account and be far more secure than Windows the default, before Vista, of using the administrator account. When it automatically secures you it is easier; that's what Joe Shmoe needs.
    • PRlME, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3thank you cawpin
      Linux can be hacked just like Windows.
      Both OS have there weak points one more then the other.
      Alot of people just installing Linux to get a new shell with no respect for what it really is and can do.
    • Bobski, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1So why did they, quite literally, end on a sour note?
    • LordofShadows, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1http://digg.com/linux_unix/IBM_linux_commercial.._its_cool
    • akaz, on 10/11/2007, -18/+7Linux sucks. Ubuntu sucks. This commercial sucked.

      Don't waste your time with any of the above.

      Buried as lame.
    • snapcase, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14If that aired on TV, it would confuse the average person and they likely wouldn't realize they mean the Windows OS since a hell of a lot of people out there don't even know what Linux is.
    • audiowizard, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1warning mirror

      http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
    • singlegirlgeek, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2@Tunguska

      Linux guys do get all the chicks. Linux is sexy.
    • spudnic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Something to remember is that to the average PC user Windows is free too, I know they do pay for it in the price of their PC, but I seriously doubt the vast majority of people know that.
    • jman8888, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1So much fail Happened in those Comments and This commercial.
    • Meatetarian, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Was it really that clever? I knew where we were going after the first few pictures of windows. =(

      Shame on you, Linux. You can do better.
    • neau, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Fail.
    • HornyFox, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2Maybe they wanted to mean "velux", not linux.

      http://amispfbleau.club.fr/velux.jpg
    • Rekzai, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2zzzzzzzzzzzz
    • glock22ownr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Hmm.... good thought, but crappy execution.
    • xkrwlng, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1>> "Lets just be happy that Ubuntu is so ridiculously awesome that there's no need for advertising. It speaks for itself."

      Indeed. 45-step command line tutorials FTW!
    • senatorpjt, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It's still better than the creepy IBM ads with the kid. Maybe they're taking marketing tips from the republicans - fear sells.

      If they wanted to make it more explicit, after the word "Windows" comes up, they could show a screenshot of Windows with a bunch of adware running.
  • masnevets, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9The whole time I was thinking about the trailer for "Don't" from Grindhouse.
    • dealsdealer, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1It ended like a CONDOM commercial
  • allywilson, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3had it on silent, so didn't hear the music. But I did keep on playing the anti-piracy advert music (always on region 2 DVDs) over and over in my head. Would suit it I think lol
  • trivialmaggot, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16i'm sure it makes sense to anyone who already knows what linux is. anyone else won't know what the hell they just saw though.
  • kweee, on 10/11/2007, -4/+145Okay, I ripped out all my windows. Now what's this Linux thing and how do I put them in these holes in my walls?
    • Rockyrowks, on 10/11/2007, -5/+17wow......thats exactly what non techie people will think.....this commercial will only put the linux name in peoples heads.....without anything else this wont help linux....i geuss the publicity is good though, but i doubt anyone that doesnt know what linux is wont see this
    • Filippo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@kweee
      logged in just to digg you up
  • techmonkey4u, on 10/11/2007, -4/+111Clever, yes, but I like to read faster than one word every 2 seconds. When will people learn that ................ is ................. so ............... annoying .............. ?
    • TexanPsycho, on 10/11/2007, -18/+2I also like to use the reply button.
  • brstilson, on 10/11/2007, -3/+73All this will do is annoy Best Buy employees with an endless stream of clueless customers asking for the Windows version of Linux.
    • synapseattack, on 10/11/2007, -8/+4Are we of the mind set that annoying the mindless drones at these stores is a bad thing?

      I for one am in favor of this. I am now 100% for this commercial.
    • JohnnyXmas, on 10/11/2007, -9/+4I HAVE the Windows version of Linux. It's called "Windows," and it doesn't work as well.
  • Philluminati, on 10/11/2007, -2/+21Microsoft's thoughts? "Closed Windows will lock you in"
  • BigglesPiP, on 10/11/2007, -54/+4In Soviet Russia, all commercials are for linux!
  • mikeyaj86, on 10/11/2007, -4/+42That was disappointing.
    • Fluidity, on 10/11/2007, -10/+5Yep, my friend's 8 year old makes better cut together videos than that.
    • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -2/+37Nothing says classy film making like rotating a camera while zooming.
    • legolas2war, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3am i the only one that forgot what the previous word was in the video?
  • straps, on 10/11/2007, -3/+34http://youtube.com/watch?v=xRa6uoE7HLw is the best Linux Commercial I've ever seen
  • richardshelly, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16user at electonics store: "look im not one for fancy stuff just give me the standard linux version. Whats "ubuntu"?! I. Just. Want. Linux. ....Now this will be windows xp compatible right?"
    • senatorpjt, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Maybe the best thing to use on this person is the dreaded car analogy. (well, technically, it's a metaphor)
      "If Linux is a car, Ubuntu is a Toyota, and Red Hat is a Honda." Not making a value judgement, of course.


  • mapkinase, on 10/11/2007, -9/+10Mostly anti-Windows, and a little bit - Linux. I hate ads, and especially ads that defame competitors.
    • baalzebub, on 10/11/2007, -7/+8how about those that slander competitors?

      like the recent FUD coming from microsoft about Linux infringing on microsoft's intellectual property?

      there are lies, damned lies and statistics, what microsoft has been saying is a damned lie...
    • vulgrin, on 10/11/2007, -4/+10"like the recent FUD coming from microsoft"

      I haven't seen any ads about that.
    • baalzebub, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3why mode me down? unless microsoft has irrefutable proof that stands up in court then it is nothing more than slander and FUD (and thats a fact Jack!)...
  • pnrl, on 10/11/2007, -14/+8To me it says "Live in a basement, like all other Linux users".
  • grungegbunny, on 10/11/2007, -8/+6gaining linux users through fear tactics FTW!
  • psykiv, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2Roflmao. Dugg. It would have been 10x better if they didn't say "use linux" at the end. I'd still know what they would be talking about :(
  • chris9902, on 10/11/2007, -5/+15Was hoping for something better. Just another childish "Windows is teh suckz" Apple style ad.
  • MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -21/+10Thats only because Windows has 90% of the market you prick. If Linux was favored then intruders would come in through that.

    And why does Windows have 90% of the market? Because it has greater applications and the most comfortable user interface.

    Get with it. "Most crybabys use Linux"
    • richardiscool, on 10/11/2007, -7/+13WRONG. Linux is more secure because it uses a superior file permissions model.
    • MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -17/+6It has a superior file permissions model because no one cares to crack it. Because no one uses it.

    • richardiscool, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8Do you really think nobody has tried to crack it?
    • 2kude, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8You realize the majority of the web runs on Linux and BSD, right? LOL
      Fanboys are so funny sometimes...
    • MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -9/+1Whoopdeedoo. This is an advert for the OS.
  • shortarabguy, on 10/11/2007, -6/+3This is the appropriate place for a video...
    All the top submitters know that the video section of Digg is really for news articles, and the news section of Digg is for videos. Way to stay ahead of the curve.
    • vulgrin, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Seriously, who the ***** cares? Did it offend you that a video was misplaced? Did it change the item? Would you have dugg it up if the had placed it in the video section?
  • R031E5, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3I was hoping for something else, the commercial is very simple and annoying, clever though. Ok digg this comment down I don't care, but c'mon Ubuntu users, you can do better.
    • Aliarse, on 10/11/2007, -5/+4@R031E5 (#7243947)
      Ubuntu != Linux.

      And yes, im an Ubuntu user.
  • luckcard, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2I thought it was creepy and don't like it. They can come up with something smarter and not just bashing windows, like Apple did.
  • vulgrin, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3Why do people feel like they have to evangelize everything they do? Is this some wierd genetic by-product of the advertising culture, mixed with some religious background? Seriously, why are people so damned defensive and offensive about their operating system for Gods' sake?

    Really people, there's a lot bigger world outside your cave of people who, truly and honestly, don't give a ***** what O/S you run, what your music player is, and what your phone looks like. So, stop wasting your time, STFU, and just run whatever the hell makes you happy and productive.
  • astrotrain, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9"And now, the penguin on the top of your tele is about to explode."
    -Monty Python
  • nidale93, on 10/11/2007, -7/+0It took me a minute to get it, but when I did I laughed out loud. Still, though, I wish they wouldn't copy Apple with the bashing windows thing.
  • blackandblue, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1yeah but do intruders really bother climbing walls to get in the open windows?
  • 9a3eedi, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1BUT! Did they use open tools to create that commercial?!

    (I wonder what Linux tools other than cinelerra are avaliable for linux for video editing actually)
    (cinelerra is hellfully buggy ._.)
    (and Pitivi has less features than Windows Movie Maker v1)
  • cobra1122, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7stupid commercial
  • kiduk, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13That was annoying to just watch.
    • TheSolomon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Agreed. Given they were trying to make the "home invasion" to "Microsoft Windows" comparison, they probably should have taken footage of windows that intruders could ACTUALLY get into, and not attic and high-rise windows. I can imagine them explaining the video: "Running Microsoft Windows on your PC is like leaving the windows of your house or apartment open... well, not *these* windows you're seeing, since they're too high and nobody can break in... but you know what I mean." :-P
  • jeuhrn, on 10/11/2007, -12/+0Linux is the new Apple.
    (That's not a compliment.)
    • 9a3eedi, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8last time i checked, Linux isn't a company........
    • jeuhrn, on 10/11/2007, -6/+0@ 9a3eedi:

      I was pointing towards the increasing trend in promoting your own product by demoting a competing product, which both Apple and several Linux distros consider to be a good tactic.
      Also that there's a large userbase in both camps consisting of elitist, arrogant assholes, who are almost religious about their crummy OS. Let me quote you a guy further up here.
      MikeonTV wrote a sensible comment, to which richardiscool responded "WRONG. Linux is more secure because it uses a superior file permissions model."

      Where in society can you get by with "WRONG."? Who debates like this? Assholes, that's who. What part of it was actually even wrong?

      If there's one thing that I'm really tired of it's Apple, and Linux is really pushing the envelope.
  • ChayD, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The problem is that there are consumers out there that are probably using some form of embedded linux
    without realising it, and the sad thing is that no credit is given to it by the manufacturers who put it
    on their phones, set-top boxes, routers, etc (other than perhaps a brief mention in the 'About' menu).

    I bet if these devices had technologies from big commercial outfits, it would be all Windows flags,
    "Intel inside", "Powered by Cisco" etc slapped all over the thing.

    I think It should be part of the GPL, that if any part of GNU/Linux is used for something other than
    a PC or obvious application of Linux, that it comes with a free Tux bumper sticker or similar :)
    • Urusai, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Since Linux is free, Torvalds can't cut them a break on licensing fees for branding their kit with Genuine Linux Inside stickers.
  • obsidianreq, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I like this one better

    http://www.antilan.com/index.php/blog/entry/1164748193
  • JohnnyXmas, on 10/11/2007, -4/+0...
  • tlarkin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Well I am not in advertising but that commercial does not really do a good job of depicting why someone would want to use Linux over any other OS out there. They should have showed off some eye candy like beryl or compiz, and possibly had a few monkeys running around. For some reason monkeys are always funny and should be used in every commercial. I know for a fact I use career builder now over monster.com simply because the monkeys on the commercials.

    Though I guess it was subtle that they kept zooming into windows on buildings to refer to windows as being the weakest security point of an OS. Clever but I think most people won't make the connection and other people will be like WTF is Linux? Is that like some home security company?

    Overall, not a very good commercial.
  • V1ncent, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2The person doing the commercial probably couldn't figure out how to get beryl or compiz working
  • wolfiezero, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2How to advertise your OS...
    "Say compair your product to Windows and say your's is better than Windows with lack of justification"

    Not that I'm a Windows nut; I use Win, Mac and Ubuntu; but that was crap that linux one, lest I found the mac ones witty
  • etx313, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4Sub par concept, Awful execution. I give it a D-
  • spectxim, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Watch microsofts reply be: "But we're not open source! They're the ones open to the world!!"

  • vjekoslav, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Commercial sux a biiig time. Linux would be better of if they would mind their own business, and not spit on their competition...
  • kuriharu, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1This commercial sucked ass! They make you think you're going to see a Linux commercial, but there isn't a SINGLE computer in this CM. They only mention Linux at the end.

    Very anti-climatic. Don't waste your time.
  • dotslashsocks, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Wow, that was *****.
  • xspinkickx, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2I am burying this as lame.....where were the explosions, and why wasn't mac and pc guy impaled by a blood thirsty penguin??
  • gravedigg, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6I'm as into linux as the next guy, but this "commercial" is not good at all.
  • herval, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0thats... one... of a... lame... stuff.......

  • tformed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9I needed that warning, I don't want to see that video again.
  • Zaggynl, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Heck, even I could do that better.
  • Jack9, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3Crap.
  • Synapse84, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3http://www.youtube.com/v/t-L-0s-7-Z0
    http://www.youtube.com/v/Rjpn3L3bSJQ

    those are the 2 best commercials ever.
  • brdude, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Really bad but for some reason still funny.
  • Crispuk, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2That was actually,
    Really
    Really
    Poor.
  • Afrominican, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0yeah... this really makes me wanna get linux....
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