Made on Ubuntu

9/08/2009

In the Mac iLife suite there’s a web page builder application that many Mac users seem to be using to create their personal websites. Being that this is an evil Apple application, the program automatically slaps a badge saying “Made on a Mac” on the footer, as to advertise to the world that any moron can create a website with a Mac.

A member at Ubuntu forums had noticed this, and put forth the idea that Ubuntu users should get a similar badge to display on their websites - that is, if they made it on Ubuntu. I kind of liked the idea, even though it might be seen as slightly unfair to Linux users who are using other distributions -  but on the other hand, the only people who would click on such a badge are people who don’t already know what Ubuntu is. In other words, Mac or Windows users.

So I sat down and created some badges…

Mac and Ubuntu badges

Fast forward a few hours, and not only had I made 4 awesome looking badges, but I had also created a pretty neat website to hold them all!

If you have created a website on Ubuntu, go get one of the badges!

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Written by Tommy Brunn

Tommy Brunn is the author of blastfromthepast.se. Currently he is living pretty much as close to the north pole as you can get (Luleå, Sweden). He devotes his spare time to learning about programming, developing a FOSS point-and-click adventure game, and is currently studying software engineering at Luleå University of Technology.

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