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Giveaway: OpenSUSE 11.0 box set with all the trimmings!
by Kristin Shoemaker Jun 19th 2008 at 7:00PM
The people at the OpenSUSE project are so excited about their recent 11.0 release, they're ready to share the love with a lucky Download Squad reader! And it's not that garden variety elementary school crush sort of love, either. It's the bona fide, dyed in the wool, hand-holding sort of love, complete with instruction manuals, quick start guides and 90 days of end-user installation support bliss!
The OpenSUSE 11.0 boxed version is especially nice for new users, not only because of the support and great manuals, but because it has every iteration of OpenSUSE 11.0 you could ever imagine. Need the x86 version? There it is! Got a 64 bit processor and a ridiculous amount of RAM to support? Hey, the 64 bit version's there too!
There's the usual Linux suspects, too, of course: KDE, GNOME, Xfce, OpenOffice, Firefox, GIMP, Amarok, firewall software, and AppArmor. But lest your heart become overwhelmed, there are a few hoops you have to jump through to get up close and personal with the OpenSUSE 11.0 box set of love.
In order to win the OpenSUSE 11.0 team's heart (or at least the fruits of their labor):
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older
- Leave a comment on this post and tell us what you like best about free speech and/or free beer (and keep in mind that our moms visit this site, so go easy on the free speech concerning the free beer, okay?)
- Contest is open until 11:59 pm Eastern Time, June 26, 2008
- You may enter once.
- One winner will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize is one boxed copy of OpenSUSE 11.0, including manuals and 90 days of end-user installation support. (valued at $60)
- Click here for complete official rules.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 7)
berelv said 7:23PM on 6-19-2008
There is nothing like sipping free beer while waiting for the latest version of linux to come down the bittorrents
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Tyler Steven Smith said 9:36AM on 6-24-2008
1. Free speech promotes "The free flow of ideas essential to political democracy and democratic institutions" and limits the ability of the state to subvert other rights and freedoms
2. It promotes a marketplace of ideas, which includes, but is not limited to, the search for truth
3. It is intrinsically valuable as part of the self-actualization of speakers and listeners
4. It is justified by the dangers for good government of allowing its suppression.
Sparky said 7:25PM on 6-19-2008
The Internet is a driving force in my life because it offers free speech to all (or at least most). I strongly encourage other readers to check out the TOR project - http://www.torproject.org/ - learn how you can fight censorship on the internet and bring free speech to suppressed countries!
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nick laz said 7:24PM on 6-19-2008
i luv it cuz it luvs me
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Panda said 7:24PM on 6-19-2008
free speech=www.federationofideas.net
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Nathaniel said 7:25PM on 6-19-2008
I love the fizziness of free beer.
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adam said 7:27PM on 6-19-2008
well i think it goes without saying that the best kind of beer is free (cold) beer but nothing is better than a free operating system so that i don't have to fork over a month's pay to micro$haft for their latest piece of crapware
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Matt said 7:37PM on 6-19-2008
Free speech allows me the freedom to be free. Or something like that...
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Christian said 7:37PM on 6-19-2008
well when you're drinking beer you're trying to forget things and have a good time. with free beers, that's one more additional thing to forget an not worry about.
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Patrick said 7:45PM on 6-19-2008
There are so many reasons to love freedom of speech, but I think we need to keep in mind that the country we live in actually supports it (irresponsibly at time). The freedom to speak your mind and express your opinions - as unpopular as they may be - is something that is envied by most countries. America's freedom of speech is so effective, it even justifies a person's ACTIONS (though, I have yet to figure that out).
FREEDOM OF SPEECH! Go USA!
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Alvin Ashcraft said 7:47PM on 6-19-2008
I love free speech because it can get you fired. Free beer comes in handy after you have been fired.
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PS_4 said 7:47PM on 6-19-2008
Free speech is the shit yo!
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jh said 7:49PM on 6-19-2008
I like free speach because it doesnt allow the government to dictate what you can beleive in.
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miccormi said 7:51PM on 6-19-2008
I think the best part of "free speech" software is the fact that making it so open allows people to really create wonderful ideas, and then let other people create ideas based on that using one another's code. "Free" software gives us projects that aren't some commercial creation for the sake of making as much money as possible off a project. They come from large groups of people who are very dedicated to their project with a passion and work on it purely with the idea in mind that they want to make it better. In other words, "Free" software has some of the most dedicated, passionate software developers in the world, and we get their products [usually] for the price of nothing. What ISN'T to love?
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tigsfan said 7:52PM on 6-19-2008
Freedom is what makes Firefox, Ubuntu, and the Open Source movement so important. Freedom to download what we want, when we want, free of costs, and the restrictions of closed software. The push to open source and freedom are causing companies to have to fight harder to keep our money (*cough* Microsoft *cough) with viable free alternatives. FREE YOUR SOFTWARE, IT IS THE REVOLUTION!!!
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Mark Dean said 8:01PM on 6-19-2008
I thought freedom was good, until I found out....
IT'S ONLY OPEN TO THE FUCKING USA
Hypocrisy these days
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WasatchMan said 8:03PM on 6-19-2008
Ok, last night I tried to install Ubuntu, but it didn't work. Maybe if I win this I'll be convinced.
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roberto said 8:11PM on 6-19-2008
Free Beer = Hotter looking chicks
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AJ VIVIANO said 8:26PM on 6-19-2008
Stumbling on to free beer CREATES free speech after a few hours!!!!! I use Linux Mint and would love to try SUSE!!!!!!!!!!
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Jirah said 8:25PM on 6-19-2008
In communist Russia, speech frees you and all beer is free (you must drink it in your hovel in party-sanctioned beer steins, but still, is free.)
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