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"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"
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<H1><font color="maroon">LG's Funniest Moments, part 1</font></H1>
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<H4>By <a href="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">Mike "Iron" Orr</a></H4>
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<P> To begin the new year, I'm starting a new series "LG's Funniest Moments".
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It's a look back at the most hilarious quotes and images from the back issues,
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as well as a kind of rough timeline of LG milestones. (Maybe next year
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we'll make a <EM>real</EM> timeline....) This month, we'll look at issues
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#1 - 11, July 1995 - September 1996.
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<P> John Fisk -- LG's illustrious founder, editor of issues #1 - 8,
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originator of the Weekend Mechanic column, and all-around swell guy --
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introduced the two
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<A HREF="../issue01to08/gazette_toc.html">LG slogans</A>/goals/mission
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statements all the way back in issue #8 or earlier:
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<EM><STRONG>Making Linux just a little bit more fun</STRONG></EM>, and
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<EM><STRONG>Sharing ideas and discoveries</STRONG></EM>.
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<P> In
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<A HREF="../issue01to08/linux_gazette.html">issue #1</A>,
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John explained,
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"So what <EM>is</EM> the Linux Gazette?"</A>. He answered,
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'Primarily writings, ramblings, and other stuff...
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and then playing around with things until they either worked or broke
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(fortunately, mostly the former :-), Linux finally began to make sense to me.
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If you're in the same boat... keep paddling!"
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<A HREF="../issue01to08/linux_gazette.aug.html">Issue #2</A>
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showed the first hint of the LG FTP files, although it took several issues to
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find a host for the archive. Also, commenting on the formats LG would be
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available in, John remarks,
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"And if ANYONE broaches the subject of a PostScript file... No."
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<P> Typical of John's writing style is
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<A HREF="../issue01to08/linux_gazette.aug.html#tar_tricks">this quote</A>:
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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Whereas UN*X barely belches when you innocently type in
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<PRE>
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su
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cd / ; rm -rf *
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</PRE>
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just because your smart aleck roommate told you it'd help clean out some unnecessary
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files.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P> <A HREF="../issue01to08/linux_gazette.sep.html">Issue #3</A> saw the
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inauguration of the first LG FAQ, the first Mailbag and the first 2-Cent Tips.
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A few quotes:
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<UL>
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<LI> <A HREF="../issue01to08/linux_gazette.sep.html#tips">2-Cent Tip</A>:
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"Well, you're <EM>really</EM> getting tired of having your LINUX BOX referred
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to as WussyCakes just because your techno-dweebe buddies got on when you
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weren't around and changed your hostname and you can't figure out how to get
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it back." John shows you how to change your hostname back to
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SuperBadHombreLINUXBox.
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<LI> <A HREF="../issue01to08/linux_gazette.sep.html#fvwm">FVWM article</A>:
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"As most of you know, the fvwm program stands for F.... Virtual Window Manager.
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The meaning of the 'F...' has apparently been lost somewhere in antiquity with
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no original manuscripts extant to shed light on its true meaning. Still, if you
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read the docs, there have been suggestions that it might stand for 'Feeble,
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Fun, Fantastic, ...'. Who knows."
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[See what you learn when you read "LG's Funniest Moments"? I bet you never
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thought about what the "F" stands for.]
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<LI> <A HREF="../issue01to08/linux_gazette.sep.html">Another gem of a hint</A>:
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"Practice safe X."
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</UL>
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<P> <A HREF="../issue01to08/linux_gazette.nov.html">Issue #5</A> says LG is now
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freely available for mirroring. It also gives an indication of how much
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reader participation was already going into building the Gazette:
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"Well, I've had so much mail recently, and so many great suggestions and such
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that this month's LG is "dedicated" to those of you that have written."
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<P> <A HREF="../issue09/index.html">Issue #9</A> was the issue that John
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Fisk turned LG over to SSC, and Marjorie Richardson became the editor, a
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position she would hold for almost three years. (I'm LG's third editor.)
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During that time, she gave herself successive promotions, from mere Editor to
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Overseer, and finally to Ruler of the Gazette. (By the way, now is the time to
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give SSC a bit of recognition. People wondered whether LG would remain free.
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Five years later, it still is.)
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<P> Issue #9 also shows the inauguration of the TWDT files. John Fisk
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published LG with the entire issue in one HTML file. Margie found it more
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convenient to put each article in a separate file. However, LG's
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most-requested feature immediately became a return to the one-file format.
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Margie finally threw up her hands and said, "OK, here's The Whole Damn Thing",
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and TWDT became a parallel file in each issue. Nowadays, we don't say "damn"
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because of a controversy that erupted a couple years later, but you'll have to
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wait till a future "LG's Funniest Moments" to read about <EM>that</EM>. So we
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euphemize it to "TWDT" and "the all-in-one file".
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<P> Margie's first issue also introduced much of the artwork and formatting
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styles that LG is still using. However, the logo was different. It looked
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like this:
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<IMG ALT="[old LG logo]" SRC="../gx/banner.gif" WIDTH="593" HEIGHT="112"
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VSPACE="10">
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<P> <A HREF="../issue11/index.html">Issue #11</A>, October 1996, has nice
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binder rings on the left side of the title page, some of the common artwork
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icons we occasionally recycle (the penguin reading the newspaper, the
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Weekend Mechanic looking under the hood of his car), John Fisk's first
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<A HREF="../issue11/wkndmech.html">Weekend Mechanic</A> column and Michael
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Hammel's first <A HREF="../issue11/gm.html">Graphics Muse</A> column. #11 also
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started what has become a Halloween tradition: changing the slogan from
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"Making Linux just a little more fun!" to "Making Linux just a little less
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scary!", with a jack-o'lantern image.
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<P> Not to be missed are
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<A HREF="../issue11/lg_tips11.html#emacs">Rick Bronson's thumbs-up
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signature</A>, and
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<A HREF="../issue11/lg_tips11.html#vi">John R Potter's 2-Cent Tip</A> that
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begins, " I thought you might
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be interested in my favorite vi trick, which is not a vi trick at all."
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<P> Next month, I'll look at the next ten issues or so. See you then.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Mike Orr</H4>
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<EM> Mike ("Iron") is the Editor of <I>Linux Gazette</I>. You can read what he
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has to say in the Back Page column in this issue. He has been a Linux
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enthusiast since 1991 and a Debian user since 1995. He is SSC's web technical
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coordinator, which means he gets to write a lot of Python scripts.
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Non-computer interests include Ska/Oi! music and the international language
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Esperanto. The nickname Iron was given to him in college--short for Iron Orr,
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hahaha.</EM>
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Copyright © 2002, Mike "Iron" Orr.<BR>
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Copying license <A HREF="../copying.html">http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html</A><BR>
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Published in Issue 74 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, January 2002</H5>
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