The world of movies promotes Ubuntu GNU/Linux/UNIX
Everyday, in fact there isn’t one day over the last maybe 10 years that I havn’t heard someone not complain about their operating system for what ever reason. I have even seen people crying, punching, smashing up their computer & even attacking their loved ones or the nearest person around then. All sounds funny I know, but not to the computer or the person on the receiving end it isn’t. The screams of f***ing computer, its broken, it won’t do want I want, its acting weird, I’ve been hacked (cracked) or I’VE GOT A VIRUS AHHHHHH! are just some of the complaints. So what do these folk do? They send their computer to some unknown guy (recommended by whomever) in small shop to be fixed because he promotes himself as an IT Microsoft certified professional complete with a printed out piece of paper on the back wall that backs up his Micky mouse qualification (a bit hash I know). All starts off well as the expert (cough) asks the customer what is the problem love, then gives his quick diagnosis that its either some super virus, its corrupt & needs a fresh install or the hard disk kaput, but I’ll sort it for you love, for lets say £75 + Cash. The guy is a genius, for he solved the problem without even switching it on, but by taking the case off & got a nice little earner ££. Yet this so called expert could be right, but how would he know without switching it on, it could be any number of things as I have found out myself in the past. But does this Microsoft certified professional care? na, its the money he is interested in & he sees the stressed out person in front of him, not as a customer, but as a victim that can & is easy to exploit. So does the guy actually identify & fix the real problem? Well if you call a botched job fixed then yes, for another extra £50 totaling £125 for a few hours work. Not bad seeing its in cash.
So whats the moral of the story? For one its not a story for this happens all the time to gullible people. Why? In truth, this is what happens to folk who are brainwashed into following the herd by purchasing unstable overpriced proprietary software (spyware) operating systems. So in essence more fool them you say? Na, I try to enlighten people that there is an alternative to the over hyped proprietary software crap that they have been conditioned into believing is the be all & end all & there isn’t anything else. The alternative I tell them is the Free as in price & Free as in Freedom operating system called GNU/Linux. A operating system that you own & can do what ever tickles your fancy with. An operating system that is clean, fresh, safe, secure, has regular updates & has well over 100 if not a 1000 flavours/distros & with an abundant of Free help complete with 10′s of thousands of Free software & all for nothing. Whats the catch though? Thats the best thing, there isn’t one. Not all people are driven by greed & ego.
Over the last few years some of if not all the biggest block buster movies/films of all times have been trying to “Wake” people up to the fact that UNIX, GNU/Linux is by far the way forward & is our future away from proprietary software/operating systems. The proof is in the pudding. Take a look at just some of these block buster films that promote & use GNU/Linux.
- Matrix Reloaded
- Jurassic Park
- Veronica Mars
- Criminal Minds
- Dave Chappelle Show skit
- Tron Legacy
- Jurassic Park
- Veronica Mars
- Big Bang Theory
- Matrix Reloaded
- Veronica Mars
- Tron Legacy
- Veronica Mars
- Hackers
For new comers to GNU/Linux aka just Linux, may I suggest taking a look at the below distros.
Distrowatch is also a good place to look & read about many other distros.
GNU even has its own song.

Freedom
Update:
I almost forgot. I got the UNIX video & the movie list from http://www.ubuntuvibes.com













