Comments on: International Women’s Day stories about Ubuntu and the computing longevity meme

By: Susanne

Susanne — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:05:23 +0000

Alot of people don't realise that the majority of people hungry around the world are women... and yet these women produce 60-80% of the food! The answer to hunger, I really believe lies with women. You can send a message of solidarity to women across the world for International Womenâ€s Day at http://wfp.org/women

By: John_M

John_M — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:07:19 +0000

Great Post!!
I am a “hardcore” geek, and have been using linux for 10 years, different distributions, and moved to ubuntu last year.
I would love to see more young ladies use Linux and general, and ubuntu in particular. Its ease of use and “It just works” factor has led me to it.
Perhaps better information dissemination about what ubuntu has to offer for young women would help the cause. I know of three young ladies that I would LOVE to change over from windows, but there is not enough software that does what they want to convince them to change.

By: Valorie

Valorie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:21:39 +0000

I think your post has inspired me to enter, Pleia2. We can use the memes for fun, ignore them, or turn them inside out! Whatever helps us live our best lives, and help others do so too.

Better living through K/Ubuntu. :-)

By: czajkowski

czajkowski — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:01:13 +0000

Great post, and one to cheer me up yesterday! Sums it up nicely!

By: Amber Graner

Amber Graner — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:47:03 +0000

Great Post! :-)

By: pleia2

pleia2 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:10:18 +0000

@jimcooncat I tend to tell people that Ubuntu is great for the casual user who doesn’t want hassles (viruses and the like), so it’s always nice to hear real situations where that’s true :)

@Dmitrijs I think you’re right, a campaign like this for the whole community may be worthwhile!

@Matti I totally just made up the term “longevity meme” after trying to find a succinct way to describe it :)

By: Matti

Matti — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:07 +0000

“Longevity meme” — I’ve certainly noticed it but never had a term for it. I’m glad to learn I’m not the only one.

So, do we try to kill the longevity meme? No way! We all enjoy a bit of bragging fun now and then. Instead we work to show that people who are involved with computers come in all kinds.

That’s awesome!

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:05:47 +0000

Nice article, but…PC terminology such as the word “meme” drives me batty. It makes me feel as if I’ve fallen into a corporate boardroom where “boardroom speak” lives. As a writer, its what chaps my hide, so to speak.

Anyway, my 2 cents. Good luck with your ‘memes’. :-D

By: Dmitrijs Ledkovs

Dmitrijs Ledkovs — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:25:10 +0000

Forgot to comment on the real article =) Awesome campaign! I love it! I really want to see Chicken Soup for Linux soul ;-) 8th of March what a wonderful present for all Women in FLOSS!

By: Dmitrijs Ledkovs

Dmitrijs Ledkovs — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:23:56 +0000

Well I’ve started to use ubuntu when I was 18, just because I needed Latex to write equations for my reports and my Mac failed at it =( Used synaptic to install texlive and stayed with ubuntu since then. I have only recently started doing some packaging & python but in no way I’m hard-core geek / programmer yet.