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News December 19, 2008
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Merry Christmas Easter Egg from VLC

Been running VLC version 0.9.4 since I installed Kubuntu 8.10, and today I discovered a cool treat.  The developers included an Easter egg based on the date; as of December 19th, your VLC icon will now be adorned with a Santa Hat!  Check it out!

Gear Diary Merry Christmas Easter Egg from VLC photo

For those who don’t know what VLC is, it’s a awesome media player that started out on Linux, but has since branched out to include Windows and Mac OS X.  If you have a video, and the video players you have won’t play it, odds are that VLC will.  Check it out, and Merry Christmas!

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About Joel McLaughlin

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Joel is a system admin for a local college in Columbus, OH. While he loves Linux and tends to use it more than anything else, he will stoop to running closed source if it is the best tool for the job. His techno passions are Linux, Android, netbooks, GPS, podcasting and Amateur Radio.
  • http://www.mobilitysite.com breley

    Shoot, my linux box is currently down…

    VLC is a sweet app. I accidentally came across it a what seems like a couple years ago (I think it was beta) but it was impressive.

  • Jared

    Yeah, I saw that! i was running the portable version off my flash drive, though.

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  • http://twitter.com/senmu/status/16565754933542913 Sam Lu

    I just noticed this easter egg for VLC. The icon got more holiday themed today: http://bit.ly/dTv4Fp

  • http://twitter.com/actinolite/status/17389978745053185 Jason White