TONKA ANNOUNCES ITS OWN LINUX DISTRIBUTION PAWTUCKET, RI - Tonka, a leading manufacturer of toys for children, especially toy trucks, today announced it has created its own Linux distribution aimed at the 5-8 year old market. Called "My First Linux," the brightly-yellow colored Linux distribution comes complete with Linux tools rewritten for first through third grade students including Buzz Lightyear XFree86, Mighty Morphin' Midnight Commander, and Lil' Chuck's color ls. Sholita Jones, marketing director of Hasbro, Inc, the company that owns Tonka, told a press conference that the new Tonka Linux would "introduce the Linux operating system to an entirely new generation of script kiddies," saying that it was inevitable for kids to turn to a dark life of smurfing and downloading warez by the time they reached puberty, and that Tonka wanted to be the first to claim that market share. Indeed, "My First Linux" also ships with Emporer Zurg's smurf.c and Lord Zed's rootkit. "My First Linux" lists for $69.95 and comes with a free yellow truck and 90 days of technical support.Linux Sucks
Wed Jan 14 04:08:56 PST 2004 | linux/tonka.src | Updated: Sun Jul 28 2002 22:00.48 | Viewed: never |