geeze. he was doing this to both cater to and poke fun at the people who are so sensitive to it.
its called SARCASM! The name will stay the same!
sheesh.Damn small linux may as well be called Double Damn Small Linux. Why because damn if you do and damn if you don'tIf you are so disturbed by John's move, please don't direct your frustration towards him. People like myself were concerned about this so direct it all to me, I have broad shoulders.
As many of you know, I am refurbishing PC's and giving them to needy children. For my organization, "Damn Small" is a concern.
Mrs. Smith says to Mr. Livesay; "Thank you so much for the computer! My 9yr old is so excited because he will finally be able to do his homework like the other kids and not have to sneak into school early to type his papers so his peers won't know he doesn't have a PC. Where can I have my son go to learn more about this wonderful software you have on these PC's?"
Mr. Livesay says to Mrs. Smith; "Just have him log onto damnsmalllinux.org."
Mrs. Smith says; "Hmmm DAMNsmall linux? I can't tell my 9yr old to do that."
The above scenario about sneaking into school because of peer pressure is a true story. I'm sure there are some areas where damn is thrown around openly in public in the presence of children but there are some areas where that is not true.
If you truly want Linux to spread to the masses, you have to start with the kids. To start with the kids, you have to make sure that the distro is "kid -friendly" with no reason for it to be rejected. I would hate for 'damn' to stand in the way of thousands of people enjoying Linux.
By saying thousands, I am not being overly dramatic. If I had my full time to devote to me NFP, I could distribute 2-3,000 in a month, easy. The only thing limiting me would be how fast I could install the OS!
My $.02
ChrisDSL Small Linux is a good one!
I like DSLinux as well
political correctness is eating this country!
I could care less about the word "DAMN" I have left fly a few choice words accidentally in front of my kids (like the time I dropped a 14' monitor on my big toe on my left foot when it fell of a 3 foot desk) It it was played on the radio it would have been a 25 second solid string beep...people would have thought it was an emergency broadcast or something!
My kids see and hear worse all around...so be it...you cant protect them from everything...and this is one word that means nothing...
How bout translations in all different languages...
Damn Small Linux - English Fichu Petit Linux - French Verfluchtes Kleines Linux - German 小Linux - Traditional Chinese (whoah!!) いまいましく小さいLinux - Japanese 지독한 작은 리눅스 - Korean Damn Малое Linux - Russian Linux Pequeño Maldito - Spanish
Pretty cool huh?
-edit- hmmm...I could see the oriental languages just fine when I pasted them, they converted to numbers when it posted...wierd
Brian AwPhuch
Quote (AwPhuch @ Nov. 23 2004,10:03)
Linux Pequeño Maldito - Spanish
It would be fine, but we really name DamnSmallLinux as: Malditamente Pequeño Linux
