Trivia Quiz 305

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Trivia Quiz 305
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Posted by: clifton

Sorry for the delay. Forgot the quiz because of watching Brazil last night

Quiz 305:

Clue 1:

Ubuntu.

Posted by: vladb

South Africa (Republic of South Africa) - 2010 FIFA World Cup

Posted by: forwardone

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Forgot the quiz because of watching Brazil last night

lol, I think tonight's should be good too - Spain plays Portugal.

I'm staying out of this week's Quiz. Just a reminder the prize money this week is $10.

Posted by: igorkr

Ubuntu

Super-fast and great-looking, Ubuntu is a secure, intuitive operating system that powers desktops, servers, netbooks and laptops. Ubuntu is, and always will be, absolutely free.

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Posted by: Old_Cat

Ubuntu is an ethic or humanist philosophy focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. The word has its origin in the Bantu languages of southern Africa. Ubuntu is seen as a classical African concept.The Ubuntu operating system was named for this principle.

Posted by: clifton

Igorkr and Old cat, your answers are right, but are not the answer that I need to hear

Sorry, Vlad, not South Africa either.

Posted by: Spunner

Linux (My operating system I am using right now is Ubuntu 10.4 "Lucid Lynx")

Posted by: clifton

Time for second clue

Quiz 305:

Clue 2:

GPL

Posted by: vladb

Maverick Meerkat

Posted by: golddust

Open source

Posted by: Spunner

FOSS ... Free Open Source Software

Posted by: clifton

Still waiting for the correct answer

Posted by: Old_Cat

Copyleft

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...opyleft.svg.png

Posted by: newbux69

Linux

Posted by: clifton

Nice tries, but none is what I am looking for

Thanks Old Cat, but your answer is actually the next clue

Quiz 305:

Clue 3:

Copyleft

Posted by: fun

Karmic Koala

Posted by: Old_Cat

Ubuntu - GPL - Copyleft...

Free software movement ??

Posted by: vladb

Richard Matthew Stallman ( often abbreviated "rms")

Posted by: Spunner

Free Software Foundation (FSF)

Posted by: clifton

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Originally Posted by vladb

Richard Matthew Stallman ( often abbreviated "rms")

Wow man, I just can't beat you! Yes, the answer is Richard Stallman, congratulations

He doesn't have direct relation with Ubuntu other that it's GPL and unix-based that's why I just thrown the clues without giving further explanations. Even then Vladb solved it first

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often abbreviated "rms",[1] is an American software freedom activist and computer programmer. In September 1983, he launched the GNU Project[2] to create a free Unix-like operating system, and has been the project's lead architect and organizer. With the launch of the GNU Project, he initiated the free software movement and, in October 1985, set up the Free Software Foundation.

http://www.nextleftnotes.org/NLN/ph...rd_Stallman.jpg

Posted by: vladb

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Originally Posted by clifton

Wow man, I just can't beat you! Yes, the answer is Richard Stallman, congratulations

Thanks clifton!

I am a programmer and I read a lot about Richard Stallman. RMS is a great man!

Posted by: forwardone

Wow! Well done vladb.

I'd never heard of the guy.

Posted by: Old_Cat

Congrats, vladb

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Posted by: vladb

Thanks forwardone and Old_Cat!

Posted by: vladb

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Thanks!

Posted by: Spunner

Congrats!

Posted by: vladb

Thanks Spunner!

Posted by: golddust

I don't know vladb... you Europeans are on the same channel! Congrats.

Posted by: vladb

Thanks golddust!