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January 31, 2007

Install This Update or the Baby Seal Gets It!

My husband Shane sent me this link to a linux software update and said I should post about it on my blog. I admit, I was curious as to why a Linux operating system patch would merit such attention on a nature blog but I decided to check it out anyway.

So it's actually a bit of a joke and a little bit serious - my favorite. It also illustrates one of the differences, from my perspective, of Windows vs. Linux. Windows has gone mainstream, whereas the Linux community still has something of a sense of humor.

The actual software update is real. It fixes some features of the Fedora operating system that, in short, make it consume more computing power than it needs to. But with the typically dry-wit of the linux community, the justification of the update takes its benefits to the next level.

Or perhaps several levels further...

With the introduction of a tickless kernel, any extraneous wakeups cause more power to be used, drain batteries, produce more heat, and use more natural resources, threatening the environment of this baby seal.

<< Picture of Cute Baby Seal Here >>

Do you really want to kill the baby seal?

After all, we've always known that linux was a penguin-friendly operating system. Seals aren't really that much of a stretch!

Posted by sorsha at January 31, 2007 12:36 PM