Rod rubbing register readers?

With an apt icon.

Nuff said

a future release of Ubuntu?

Bishop bashing bastards.

Pudding pulling plonkers.

Paris, 'cos its better to call a professional than do it yourself....

They are wanking walruses.

Paris, because I'm sure she has.

The Spam King and associates, perhaps? They already have the ability to get Linus' message, whatever it is, to the mailbox of millions... so:

Spammers are all Onanistic Onagers?

With the inverted icon to that suggested by Naich, because they're a bunch of backward onanists at best.

Many Digg users aren't actually old enough, to, you know...

when it's at home?

Onanistic Ostriches?

Peter-pulling penguins?

That's given me a great idea for continuing the ubuntu naming policy:

Gutsy Gibbon

Hardy Heron

Impure Iguana

Jerking Jaguar

Knock-One-Out Koala

I'm off to the OpenBSD mailing list to find out what Theo calls Linus in return. Don't mess with Theo, he knows how to use the 4-letter-words like nobody else.

Paris, because she knows how to do it.

Venerous Vultures, or something like that? (Couldn't think of a better V word)

Anyway, when did Linus take charge of naming Ubuntu releases?

"Who will Linus insult next in the name of popularising free open source software?"

everybody, hopefully. go Linus!

Or Linus is just channeling Theo?

How long 'til he starts channeling Hans though?

Enquiring minds want to know!

why linux isnt taken seriously enough to be a threat to Windows/OS X

When the rest of the business world they run the opposite direction with thoughts like ::

"If i trust the operation of my business to linux, and this little upstart has another hissy fit at some stage and does something because he 'wants to' (foot stamping) then will i be left f$%ked"

Real professional Linus.. real good. You showed them. Sink below everyone first. Winner!!!!

I'll buy tickets to watch Linus and Theo bicker at each other for a while. It could end up as a marathon.

My money would have to be on Theo though. He rocks!

Good on you Linus. Good to give these tossers a kick now and then.

My proposal would be:

"Todger-tugging Toucans"

the thing is; this guy writes stuff. and it works.

same reason Theo De Raadt (and OpenBSD) is/are still taken seriously. the guy also knows exactly what he's on about and he mouths off even more than Torvalds.

Masturbating Mactards.

Nuff said.

Linux - Enterpriser ready - just unprofessional in other ways

Getting-in-touch-with-yourself GNU developers

Pickle-tickling penguins

Lizard-milking Linuses

Knuckle-shuffling kernel developers

Fig-fondling free software fellows

Thanks to http://www.starma.com/penis/willy/willy.html for ideas.

Seanie (- which is the sort of name I would call a child)

If talking software seriously gets us the Microsoft mess of today bring on the alternative.

Vendor lock-in.

Yeah we all want that!

"Silly Seanie" (awww, bless :-)

Absolutely. Linus needs to develop some of the basic social skills required for a successful professional in the IT world if anyone is to take Linux seriously.

Perhaps he should start by practicing chair-hurling and screaming death threats at Google. That's the way market *winners* behave. No alliteration. No attempt at humour. Just obscenities and unchained agression.

If some of you don't think this is "professional" acting, just go watch a video of Steve Ballmer.

About the same number who read all the whitepapers and technical reviews of software before buying it.

Y'know, Frank, in Omaha. I think he might have a buddy, too. Not sure.

No no, for GNU you'd have to pick some tossy recursive acronym, like say :

XIAAS Is An Ass Spelunker

That breaks backward compatibility with alliteration (which is deprecated), but it might be fixed in a later version, if anyone can be bothered.

"With that in mind, which operating system has the most professional looking leader?"

Solaris. Nothing beats Scott on in-line skates.

Paris, because she would.

I was thinking venerous, meaning 'lustful'. But I think your term is probably more appropriate!

Paris because... I really don't have to explain do I?

Could some kind person do a compilation, organised alphabetically ?

Chicken chicken-chokers

Friday playmobile on this one eh?

They just are.