Meaning of embrace the penguin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of embrace the penguin.
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2. To switch one's operating system to Linux.
   idiomatic, slang

Examples

“Good idea to embrace the penguin and let go of the Bill.”

“I have tried gnome on a 440Mhz Ultra10 and a dual 450Mhz Ultra60, and if a P5-200 […] will run it any better I'll throw all of my Suns away tomorrow and embrace the penguin.”

“Linux continues to look spiffier and spiffier. That's good news whether you're ready to embrace the penguin, or just like Microsoft getting a little motivation to improve its own software […]”

“I embrace the Penguin. best o/s going and all for free ! Enlightenment X window^([sic]) user.”

“Try http://www.linux.org for general info & pointers to FAQ's. Good luck, embrace the Penguin !”

“Dump the Borg! Embrace the Penguin!!”

“Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder!”

“Embrace the Penguin. End MS Windows tyranny!”

“Having spent a dozen or so fortnights embracing the Penguin I've reluctantly come to the conclusion that I arrq n j*exvat vafgnapr bs Jvaqbjf too. (never thought I'd say that...) That being the case I'm going to nuke my old broken WinME installation”

“Patina is smart enough to know better... it's way past time for her to turn from the dark side and embrace the Penguin.”

“Embrace the Penguin, you two; you know it makes sense.”

“You guys must be the most patient in the world.....personally I cbf, so I embraced the Penguin and Athlon64.”

“Normally at this point when my XP-pro machine has had enough Chris E would remind me to 'Embrace the Penguin' which one of these days i'm gonna have to.”

“Clearly, the Windows platform is losing its appeal. After IBM, the Scandinavian governments and the Spanish Police, the French Parliament is embracing the Penguin.”

“Yea, unto the Penguin she gives her Greatest Gifts, for has not even the Apple embraced the Penguin? You have heard it spoken that Mac runs atop Free BSD^([sic]) and is not Free BSD like unto Linux? It is Truth that it is.”

“Embrace the Penguin for he will give you the strength to brave frigid waters.”

“Embrace the Penguin and all your sins will be forgiven.”

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