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coldReactive
September 20th, 2009, 04:32 AM
In lieu of: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1270675

So I brought up a short list: http://coldreactive.deviantart.com/journal/27301672/

And I was surprised that I actually recognised most of the IBM ads for linux.
magmon
September 20th, 2009, 04:34 AM
I wish I was cool (old) enough to remember linux adds, but sadly I was born into the microsoft and mac generation.
coldReactive
September 20th, 2009, 04:39 AM
I wish I was cool (old) enough to remember linux adds, but sadly I was born into the microsoft and mac generation.

I was born and raised on MacOS 7 for my first computer. I'm 22 today, September 19th :P
magmon
September 20th, 2009, 04:44 AM
I was born and raised on MacOS 7 for my first computer. I'm 22 today, September 19th :P

I was born and raised on windows xp on my first computer. I'm 15, born February 26, 1994. =P.

On an unrelated note, happy birthday.
chris200x9
September 20th, 2009, 05:16 AM
no I don't I wasn't into computers at all until my teens (I'm 21 now)
coldReactive
September 20th, 2009, 05:17 AM
no I don't I wasn't into computers at all until my teens (I'm 21 now)

Wow, I feel for you :( I started when I was about 11 or so.
chris200x9
September 20th, 2009, 05:22 AM
Wow, I feel for you :( I started when I was about 11 or so.

my family/household isn't very tech-forward we got our first pc in 1997 :O I was 9 before I even touched a computer. We just got off dial up 3 years ago...
Ms_Angel_D
September 20th, 2009, 05:57 AM
Those are fun to watch we need more of them :D
JDShu
September 20th, 2009, 06:20 AM
I started using computers with DOS/Windows 3.11, no idea what Linux was at the time. So no, not cool enough to remember those ads.

Yet my school made us learn how to use Acorn computers... I have no idea what was up with that.
W2IBC
September 20th, 2009, 06:39 PM
one of my 1st computers was a commodore 64 a long long long time ago
SunnyRabbiera
September 20th, 2009, 07:14 PM
All I know are the IBM ones.
xpod
September 20th, 2009, 07:43 PM
Wow, I feel for you :( I started when I was about 11 or so.

It`s never too late to start.
Except for a C64 i had as a spotty 15Yr old i never touched a computer until i was 36.I`ve had a wee bit catching up to do.:)
earthpigg
September 20th, 2009, 08:02 PM
bookmarked, and removed my old collection of linux ad bookmarks.

please keep that site, and feel free to add more ads to it!

i like the simple categories you put them in.
Mobil1
September 20th, 2009, 08:21 PM
I was born and raised on MacOS 7 for my first computer. I'm 22 today, September 19th :P

Hey thanks for sharing and happy birthday :wink: I do remember some of these but I think it was before I was paying much attention - oops!
coldReactive
September 20th, 2009, 08:21 PM
bookmarked, and removed my old collection of linux ad bookmarks.

please keep that site, and feel free to add more ads to it!

i like the simple categories you put them in.

I'll try to find some, add more and try to keep it there as best I can.
j.bell730
September 20th, 2009, 09:00 PM
Hah. I liked those Novell ones in particular.
LinuxFox
September 20th, 2009, 09:25 PM
Surprisingly, I don't remember them. This is the first time I've seen them. I wish I could see Linux ads on TV today, all I see is Microsoft and Mac ads nowadays.
coldReactive
September 20th, 2009, 09:50 PM
Surprisingly, I don't remember them. This is the first time I've seen them. I wish I could see Linux ads on TV today, all I see is Microsoft and Mac ads nowadays.

That's because IBM kind of... got out of the race.
j.bell730
September 20th, 2009, 11:47 PM
This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtdnZNYN0MM) is a good ad from Red Hat.
coldReactive
September 20th, 2009, 11:52 PM
This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtdnZNYN0MM) is a good ad from Red Hat.

aired on TV?
j.bell730
September 21st, 2009, 12:09 AM
aired on TV?

It did at one point, yes.
rookcifer
September 21st, 2009, 12:46 AM
I assume you have seen Novell's Linux ads:

#1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtp5gNhBZgo&videos=Ucf-JS1H1Lo&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1)

#2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVOnFdMf0RU&feature=related)

#3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkFQVcl62qo&NR=1)
Exodist
September 21st, 2009, 12:52 AM
I was born and raised on MacOS 7 for my first computer. I'm 22 today, September 19th :P

Happy BDay bro..


I started out on DOS 2.somthing.
cprofitt
September 21st, 2009, 01:29 AM
I started on a TI-99/4 (not the a model).

I really got in to using the Apple II as well.

The first Mac was my primary computer in college.

I remember the Linux ads.
MasterNetra
September 21st, 2009, 02:45 AM
I started off on a MS-DOS PC then moved up to a window 95, didn't think much about the frequency I needed to re-install it, to be fair though most incidents were from me experimenting, I just was interested in what could be done. Went from 95 to 98, more stable, even if it did lack user login secuirty. I then jumped to XP for a while, then to various Linux Distros then to Ubuntu itself, played with Vista for a bit, moved back to Ubuntu, now currently playing with Window's 7.
Don't remember any Linux ads though.