Archive What If? Blag Store About A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. XKCD updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Cautionary |< < Prev Random Next > >| |< < Prev Random Next > >| Permanent link to this comic: http://xkcd.com/456/ Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding): http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cautionary.png Linux: A True Story: [[A man talks on a cell phone]] Week One: Female cousin [[via phone]]: Hey, it's your cousin. I got a new computer but don't want Windows. Can you help me install "Linux"? Man: Sure. [[The female cousin sits in an office chair with her laptop on her lap. She is on the phone]] Week Two: Female cousin: It says my XORG is broken. What's an "XORG"? Where can I look that up? Man [[via phone]]: Hmm, lemme show you man pages. [[The female cousin crouches on the floor with the laptop on her lap. She is still on the phone]]...