Most people don’t think about their operating systems.  When they do, it’s because something has gone horribly wrong with them - programs are crashing, the old printer isn’t working, the computer is running slow, that sort of thing.  There are a few brave souls, however, that do think about their operating systems, and view their choice of an operating system as a personal choice, an exercise in free expression.  A lot of these people buy Macs, thinking that they’re being cool, cutting-edge, avant garde, and such.

They are, but that’s besides the point.

Those of us without the means to buy a Mac, or those that just want something without some sort of fruity logo on it, travel down a different road - a road fraught with intrigue, danger, and hope.  We go into the frontier of operating systems, into a Wild West-like land of freedom and opportunity, a land with only the veneer of civilization, where nobody holds your hand and where you’re just as likely to kill as be killed.

I am, of course, talking about Linux.  BSD and Solaris folks don’t apply here - they’re sort of like the Quakers, the Shakers, the Chinese, or maybe those wacky Jehovah Witnesses or something.  They’re just weird, and should be shunned accordingly.

To help illustrate the veritable and verifiable coolness that is Linux, I present to you religiously themed operating systems:

Ubuntu Christian Edition - For those that want the Power of God to grace His Servant’s hardware.  It even comes with the WhatWouldJesusDownload toolbar!

Ubuntu Muslim Edition - Don’t let that evil Western font of technology keep you from your proper observances as a practicing Muslim!  Keep track of your prayer times with Minbar!  Peruse the Koran with Zekr!  Look at all that green!

Of course, no such compendium of open sourced religious zealotry would be complete without…

Ubuntu Satanic Edition - It’s dark.  It’s bloody.  It wants to swallow your soul… or your sole.  They hunger for fresh fish, you know.  Like real Satanic worship, though, there’s no real content - it’s just a bunch of themes so everything looks evil.

Welcome to the Wild West, everyone.  Enjoy your stay.  It’s real shiny here.

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