[NCLUG] Re: Thoughts on Linux Users

[dlc]

See below:

Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 10:13:38PM -0700, dlc wrote:
> 
> 
>>Go high-brow all you want, gamers use PC's, 
>>there is no option.
> 
> 
> I recommend you attend the NCLUG meeting this Tuesday if you really
> believe that.  You might be disabused of some mistaken assumptions.
> 

   Tell me more Bwana!  Your hints have my interest up!

> 
>>To me I don't use Linux because I can't get my embedded development 
>>tools there, I can't get my flight simulator there and I can't (I think) 
>>sync my Palm TX there.  So Linux is a non-starter for me, mostly because 
>>I'm geek, but in a different way I think.  I love the OSS model, but 
>>there is nothing there that I use beyond Firefox and Open Office.
> 
> 
> I'm a little confused as to what you're doing on this mailing list.  You
> say you don't use Linux.  From what you've said, it sounds like you don't
> use anything even remotely Linux-like at all (even though Linux isn't my
> OS of choice, I do have a couple Linux servers lying around still, and my
> OS of choice -- FreeBSD -- *is* somewhat Linux-like, or rather Linux is
> somewhat Unix-like, which means it's at least a little BSD Unix-like).

   I do use Linux, but not at home very often, for the reasons stated. 
I'm a Mac user as a rule and use Windows ONLY when I have to.  I like 
Linux as a development platform for lots of stuff, and like I said, its 
perfect for the casual user doing personal productivity stuff and basic 
on-line work.  I geek in corner case stuff, most of the companies 
however don't support Linux (or Mac) hence, I only use Windows when I 
have to.  Sorry if I've offended you, I'm OS agnostic mostly since I use 
a variety of OS's on a daily basis.

   Heck, I just used Knoppix to recover my wife's Windoze PC last week. 
  My house file server is a Red Hat variant and I work with Linux for 
embedded stuff at my day job.  I'm hardly a Windoze only type.  I'm just 
not a Linux evangelist however.

> So . . . if you use nothing but MS Windows and, maybe, MacOS on really
> weird days, I am curious as to what caused you to join this mailing list.

See above.

> This isn't an attack.  I'm just curious.

See above.

have fun,
DLC

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