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gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:53 pm
by jasontheparamedic
Anyone care to take a guess? I couldn't help but wonder after seeing some 4+ year old thread on the Ubuntu Linux forums and seeing that exact same picture.

gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:58 am
by Alibally
It's the album cover for the Pink Floyd album Meddle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meddle
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 6:11 am
by gn2
jasontheparamedic wrote:Anyone care to take a guess? I couldn't help but wonder after seeing some 4+ year old thread on the Ubuntu Linux forums and seeing that exact same picture.

I thought I had my beans burnt longer ago than that, certainly feels like it

What was the thread about?
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:55 am
by you you
It's a picture of the one part of gn2 that he never uses

Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:06 am
by jasontheparamedic
I thought I had my beans burnt longer ago than that, certainly feels like it

What was the thread about?
It was about Ubuntu eventually becoming a rolling distro instead of the current 6 month release plan they've been doing for years.
I am personally sticking with Mint Linux 13 LTS. Ubuntu packages without all the Ubuntu crash reports, and I still get to keep my Ubuntuone cloud (hence no Debian).
Also, my guess for your picture was that it was a sea anemone or hydra. Guess I was off huh.
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:45 pm
by cessna151
The cover, containing a close-up shot of an ear underwater, was, as with several previous albums, designed by Hipgnosis...
I don't see it.
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:39 pm
by Taz
I thought it was a chicken embryo.
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:52 pm
by gn2
cessna151 wrote:I don't see it.
Here's the album cover folded out to show the outer front and rear.
Tilt your head down left towards your left shoulder.
See it now?
And here's the inner picture
Linky
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:21 pm
by you you
jasontheparamedic wrote:I thought I had my beans burnt longer ago than that, certainly feels like it

What was the thread about?
It was about Ubuntu eventually becoming a rolling distro instead of the current 6 month release plan they've been doing for years.
I am personally sticking with Mint Linux 13 LTS. Ubuntu packages without all the Ubuntu crash reports, and I still get to keep my Ubuntuone cloud (hence no Debian).
Also, my guess for your picture was that it was a sea anemone or hydra. Guess I was off huh.
Not sure which is more unfathomable, your post or Pink Floyd
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:06 pm
by cessna151
gn2 wrote:cessna151 wrote:I don't see it.
See it now?
Yes, thanks! I did spend 5 minutes googling but could not find that full image.
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:33 am
by jasontheparamedic
Not sure which is more unfathomable, your post or Pink Floyd
Lol, yeah, computer nerd stuff. It's a big ol' world outside of that Windows OS existence. It's good to have a $0 alternative.
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:04 pm
by you you
jasontheparamedic wrote:Not sure which is more unfathomable, your post or Pink Floyd
Lol, yeah, computer nerd stuff. It's a big ol' world outside of that Windows OS existence. It's good to have a $0 alternative.
True
To what?
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 3:13 pm
by maddiedog
o.O To Windows! Windows license = $$$.$$. Ubuntu or Mint = $0.00. For 99% of use cases, they're interchangeable too. People are just afraid of Linux because it's not what they're used to.

Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:26 am
by you you
maddiedog wrote:o.O To Windows! Windows license = $$$.$$. Ubuntu or Mint = $0.00. For 99% of use cases, they're interchangeable too. People are just afraid of Linux because it's not what they're used to.

Sounds good.
Will my venetian blinds still fit?
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:58 am
by maddiedog
Depends on what compiler you used.

Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:43 am
by FritzPinguin
My Linux experience started with Yggdrasil on a 486-33, graphics card was a ET4000, Ethernet board was a 3C501, kernel was near 0.99-something. Those were the days...
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:04 pm
by jasontheparamedic
Nowadays the latest kernel is 3.8 that is being shipped in the distros. It pretty much recognizes any hardware you plug in. I would say that Linux is great! Plenty of distros and desktop environments to choose from.
Re: gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:03 pm
by Anfield800
Any Raspberry Pi users?
gn2's picture/avatar...what is it?
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:18 pm
by Alibally
Yes me. I use it for xbmc onto my telly