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From: Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] linux boot logo in 2.6.29-gentoo sources
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:22:48
Message-Id: 200903252022.15654.mcbrides9@comcast.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] linux boot logo in 2.6.29-gentoo sources by Thanasis
1 On Wednesday 25 March 2009 05:51:30 pm Thanasis wrote:
2 > on 03/25/2009 11:04 PM Alan McKinnon wrote the following:
3 > > On Wednesday 25 March 2009 22:50:46 Thanasis wrote:
4 > >> Has anyone seen the boot logo in 2.6.29-gentoo sources?
5 > >> usr/src/linux/drivers/video/logo/logo_linux_vga16.ppm
6 > >>
7 > >> Why did they substitute the penguin with this ugly disguised mouse?
8 > >
9 > > It's not a mouse, it's a Tasmanian Devil which isn't a rodent but the
10 > > worlds only surviving predatory marsupial. The animal population is under
11 > > threat from the only cancer known to science to be transmitted via
12 > > biting. It affects the devils around the mouth and jaw (where they
13 > > routinely bite each other) and is fatal in every known case within 3 to 9
14 > > months.
15 > >
16 > > The most recent Linux Dev Conference was in Australia and included a
17 > > drive to raise awareness and funds to help protect this endangered
18 > > animal.
19 > >
20 > > Our devil has a name - Tuz.
21 >
22 > OK. :-)
23 > But I must say, I was a bit shocked, when I first saw it,...I
24 > thought...hey, has my system been compromised ? :-)
25
26 I feel sorry for the animal... but I have to have my penguin back... I changed
27 it myself...
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Re: [gentoo-user] linux boot logo in 2.6.29-gentoo sources Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org>