Vista 7 is Should be... KDE4? (Updated: Ogg Added)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2009-02-06 14:37:22 UTC
Modified: 2009-02-06 18:02:43 UTC

Hat tip: Chris Duckett and Alex Serpo

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aeshna23

2009-02-06 15:06:56

That's an amazingly good concept for a video and I loved the understated humour! I'm emailing it to all my friends who still use Windows.

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