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Windows95Man to represent Finland in Eurovision. Linus Torvalds must be so disappointed(sopuli.xyz)

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Context: the creator of Linux is from Finland

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Sanctus@lemmy.world
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Someone needs to crash it dressed as 90’s Linus

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Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Windows 95 is quite capable of crashing itself.

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lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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It showed a blue screen when you ejected a CD with the button on the CD drive, while it was reading from the CD. (At the same time, Linux would just disable the button until the CD was not in use aka unmounted)

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_edge@discuss.tchncs.de
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Plot Twist: Windows95man is Linus Torvalds. Have you seen him lately? Maybe that’s his thing now.

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Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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Never seen them both in the same room

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Ananace@lemmy.ananace.dev
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He won’t be allowed to perform at Eurovision with the Windows 95 name/trademark/logo, so it would be hilarious if he switches to a name like Linuxman during it.

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Gork@lemm.ee
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Windows95man in the streets, Linuxman in the sheets.

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bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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He’ll resolve all your dependencies

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Ananace@lemmy.ananace.dev
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Version requirements? No rules!

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victron@programming.dev
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Now that’s actually arousing.

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cygon@lemmy.world
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But if you piss him off, he’ll turn right back into Windows95man and send you into DLL-hell.

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SilverCode@lemm.ee
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ReactOSman

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JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de
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It’s still unclear if he’s allowed to use the logo and such. The national broadcaster Yle (which itself has a strict policy against advertising) allowed it in the national show and argued that (quote) “Windows 95 is no longer a protected trademark today. The product is hardly used by anyone anymore. Thus the name and the costume are allowed”

But EBU might have a different stance ofc

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YMS@kbin.social
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But Linux is a registered trademark, too.

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katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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just dress up as john hodgman instead

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Gork@lemm.ee
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You may not like it, but this is what Peak Male Performance looks like.

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520@kbin.social
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That performance was peak Eurovision though! I have never been so entertained by an entry before!

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