Tux catches the bus !!!!

[renzokuken]

i was just looking at bus timetables for southampton and noticed this.

genius! perhaps the bus company run Linux!!

http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/southeast/hampshire/home/index.php

EDIT, this is the G2 Crystal tux, should there not be some GPL type credit given to the author for use of this?

[curuxz]

thats illegal.

[FuturePilot]

They probably don't have any bus crashes.

[renzokuken]

thats illegal.

perhaps i should inform everaldo / crystalxp.net ?

any idea who holds the license for G2 Tux?


They probably don't have any bus crashes.

lol, they provide the drivers with a bash shell in case they do though

[jgrabham]

Meh, theyre all funny southerners :D

[curuxz]

We need to bombard them with complaints emails,

I have already sent one in demanding an explanations.

Stand up for commercial GNU violations

[Dave Crowhurst]

Cheaper bus fare if your show the driver your laptop running Ubuntu? :lolflag:

[fluteflute]

Hey, I love this thread - I've found someone else who lives in Southampton and runs Ubuntu!

[curuxz]

Hey, I love this thread - I've found someone else who lives in Southampton and runs Ubuntu!

In fact there is more than one lol, there seem to be like 4 of us, yet we have no LUG :(

Southampton LUG would be cool, first order of business, take down the bus company for using tux! :)

[sanderella]

Nice Tux, I'm going to buy one today!:KS

[renzokuken]

lol yeah, i prefer Uni Link over First Bus myself.

so where in Southampton you guys live?

PS. i emailed everaldo.com about it, no reply yet but i'll keep you posted.

[sanderella]

there is a Hampshire LUG, I'm a member -

http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl

:)

[renzokuken]

you hold meetings at Soton Uni? im a post-grad there, might pop along and have a look one day.

[happysmileman]

Out of interest if the image is released under a free license what makes this illegal?

Must you get permission to use it, or just give credit for using it?

[renzokuken]

i think its the latter (credit)

although i'm not sure, couldnt really find out what license its released under

[curuxz]

I live on Carlton crescent (london road end), how about you guys?

I would join the hampshire lug but I duno how active they are, is it worth it?

Im intrested to hear from those that do go, also why does southampton not have a lug when Portsmouth does...???

[renzokuken]

i live on Westwood Road just off the Avenue.

i just joined the mailing list so see how it goes i guess.

[curuxz]

i live on Westwood Road just off the Avenue.

i just joined the mailing list so see how it goes i guess.

cool, ill get around to doing the same would be nice to talk to people who dont go "huh?" when I mention linux lol! Though saying that most people wana convert when they see my 32" screen running linux with compiz fus. If you wana show linux off do it on a big screen with ace effects! :)

you live quite close, must admit I only go that way when im heading to cow herds for their steak (mmmmmmmmmmmmmm) or cyclin on the common I take it you are/were a student at sotten to be in that part of town :)

EDIT: just read above your a postgrad lol, sorry pointless question :)

[renzokuken]

yeah im a post-grad in the chemistry department.

[happy-and-lost]

Why would Tux (Or anyone for that matter :p) live in Hampshire? Surely London or Manchester would suit him better :)

[Darkhack]

Why would Tux (Or anyone for that matter :p) live in Hampshire? Surely London or Manchester would suit him better :)

Actually, Tux was born in Helsinki, Finland and now lives in Portland, Oregon. ;-)