Links 21/04/2008: Linux in the Army, Astronomy, to Reach Many Mobile Devices

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2008-04-21 22:41:53 UTC
Modified: 2008-04-21 22:41:53 UTC

We have been appending some (questionably) decent Linux commercials recently. There are some weirder ones too. How about this hilarious Linux commercial from China?

This one is also old (from the last decade) and rather bizarre.

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