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From: Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] linux boot logo in 2.6.29-gentoo sources
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:24:56
Message-Id: 49CB1FB4.9040403@asyr.hopto.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] linux boot logo in 2.6.29-gentoo sources by Jerry McBride
1 on 03/26/2009 02:22 AM Jerry McBride wrote the following:
2 > On Wednesday 25 March 2009 05:51:30 pm Thanasis wrote:
3 >
4 >> on 03/25/2009 11:04 PM Alan McKinnon wrote the following:
5 >>
6 >>> On Wednesday 25 March 2009 22:50:46 Thanasis wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>>> Has anyone seen the boot logo in 2.6.29-gentoo sources?
9 >>>> usr/src/linux/drivers/video/logo/logo_linux_vga16.ppm
10 >>>>
11 >>>> Why did they substitute the penguin with this ugly disguised mouse?
12 >>>>
13 >>> It's not a mouse, it's a Tasmanian Devil which isn't a rodent but the
14 >>> worlds only surviving predatory marsupial. The animal population is under
15 >>> threat from the only cancer known to science to be transmitted via
16 >>> biting. It affects the devils around the mouth and jaw (where they
17 >>> routinely bite each other) and is fatal in every known case within 3 to 9
18 >>> months.
19 >>>
20 >>> The most recent Linux Dev Conference was in Australia and included a
21 >>> drive to raise awareness and funds to help protect this endangered
22 >>> animal.
23 >>>
24 >>> Our devil has a name - Tuz.
25 >>>
26 >> OK. :-)
27 >> But I must say, I was a bit shocked, when I first saw it,...I
28 >> thought...hey, has my system been compromised ? :-)
29 >>
30 >
31 > I feel sorry for the animal... but I have to have my penguin back... I changed
32 > it myself...
33 >
34 >
35 Yea...same thought cross my mind, but I think I might give Tux some
36 vacation he may need ... :-)