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What Your Choice of Linux Distro Says about You
iter8 writes "NewsForge has an article explaining what your choice of distro says about you. There's no comment on what using Windows or OS X does for your rep. I use Mandrake, so that makes me suave and sophisticated."
I agree that the docs are good, but there are many elitists on the Gentoo forums that only use that as their basis for why they are 1337 h4>0rz who pwnz0r n00bl4rz when asked why they are such elitist assholes. I didn't mean to make the docs sound bad. =)
'Yes, firefox is indeed greater than women. Can women block pops up for you? No. Can Firefox show you naked women? Yes.'
No, the freedom you have is directly related to how much you are in control of your own affairs. The more you are, makes you more of a free person. Give others more chance to manipulate your affairs, and you are less free (read: screwed).
So it just depends on who is in control, and the freedom comes with that. Less power to the government = more power to the people = free people. I'm not promoting anarchism here, but generally I prefer authorities to have just enough power/money/means to do what needs to be done, and wouldn't be done otherwise (like building roads), but no more. The less, the better.
Where's the Slack in here? Does a home-built Linux system count?
BTW. real control freaks are no fun...
I love linux but come on. There are certain basic things that your average computer user expects to just work. Video, Sound, Networking, and Printing.
Microsoft and Apple have both figured this out. These core things must JUST WORK. Yes you might need a specific driver for your Printer or a funky wireless card but beyond that it shouldn't be an issue. People don't want to recompile the kernel. I don't care if you think it's easy. You average user doesn't even know what compiling is. I don't want to have to spend time futzing around with the underpinnings of my os just to make the basic stuff work. Nevermind all the time I'd have to spend reading up on all the various compilations options for the kernel and what they all mean. I want to just use my computer not fix it.
I have to admit I used to get laid more often when using Windows .. how come? :(
Mac users get laid too - but probably by the same sex.
Windows = promiscuous
Mac = camp
Linux = sexless.
You know, I'm really sick of this attitude on Slashdot and in the world at large about Unix-like operating systems.
There seems to be this asenine conformity to the "You guys are so elitist, it should be easy for me" idea. This is genuinely stupid. Elitism doesn't come from being knowledgeable in a field, elitism is when you claim superiority to others. Elitism is when you insult others for being who they are. The users of Unix and Unix-like operating systems ARE computer experts and enthusiasts. Deal with it. You can join their ranks, or you can shut the fuck up. Nobody likes a whiny little Republican complaining to his skydiving instructor that he doesn't think he can do it by himself because the caviar is giving him a stomach ache, and begging for yet another tandem jump. Dive in and get messy, or go back to your silver-spoon-fed Windows world.
Suck my fscking c**k, pussy boy.