Linonut

* raylopez99 fired off this tart reply:

> On Nov 25, 7:49 am, Linonut <lino...@bollsouth.nut> wrote
>
>> And I'm not even /close/ to being a Linux expert. Not even /close/.
>
> So, you love to tinker with OSes rather than use them to do real
> work.

Who said that? I love to tinker with OSes /in/ /addition/ /to/ using
them to do real work.

> This is known as having a hobby. I would not quit my day job.

Computing is my hobby. Computing is my day job.

What can I say? Computers are my life, much to my wife's chagrin.

> Linux is hobbyware--the thrill is just getting it to work, nothing
> else.

Bullshit, pure and simple. The thrill of Linux comes from many sources,
depending on who is using it.

Your thrill with it comes from using it to make fun of its users,
certainly a callow and ignoble motive.

Perhaps you imbibe too much of the product of your friend and namesake,
Pepe Lopez?

--
The nectar of the agave!

Jim

raylopez99 wrote:
>
> So, you love to tinker with OSes rather than use them to do real
> work. This is known as having a hobby. I would not quit my day job.
>
>
> Linux is hobbyware--the thrill is just getting it to work, nothing
> else.
>
> RL

Too bad that your computer skills are lacking. Had you actually
installed and evaluated a modern Linux distribution your reaction would
be quite different.

Keep in mind a very important factor. Most of us currently using Linux
started with machines that arrived with Windows pre-installed. We
wanted something better. We found Linux. We had the CHOICE of which OS
to use.

Of the friends and family that I have introduced to Linux over the past
four years, not one has desired to return to Windows.

raylopez99

On Nov 26, 2:16 pm, Jim <chief_...@go.com> wrote:
> raylopez99 wrote:

> > Linux is hobbyware--the thrill is just getting it to work, nothing
> > else.
>
>
> Too bad that your computer skills are lacking. Had you actually
> installed and evaluated a modern Linux distribution your reaction would
> be quite different.
>

Had I spent the time to do that, I wouldn't have time to eat, sleep or
hold a steady job.


> Keep in mind a very important factor. Most of us currently using Linux
> started with machines that arrived with Windows pre-installed. We
> wanted something better. We found Linux. We had the CHOICE of which OS
> to use.

So? Jonestown cultists joined Jones in Guana and drank the kool-aid.

>
> Of the friends and family that I have introduced to Linux over the past
> four years, not one has desired to return to Windows.

Maybe they couldn't disinstall the damn OS?

RL

class_a

raylopez99 wrote:
> On Nov 26, 1:00 pm, Linonut <lino...@bollsouth.nut> wrote:
>> Bullshit, pure and simple. The thrill of Linux comes from many sources,
>> depending on who is using it.
>
> 1% of the computing population is using it.

Source?

class_a

raylopez99 wrote:
> On Nov 26, 2:16 pm, Jim <chief_...@go.com> wrote:
>> raylopez99 wrote:
>
>>> Linux is hobbyware--the thrill is just getting it to work, nothing
>>> else.
>>
>> Too bad that your computer skills are lacking. Had you actually
>> installed and evaluated a modern Linux distribution your reaction would
>> be quite different.
>>
>
> Had I spent the time to do that, I wouldn't have time to eat, sleep or
> hold a steady job.

Now you're just proving that you really don't know what you're talking
about. Linux installs FASTER and with much LESS hassle than Windoze.
Try it, you might even like it

Peter Köhlmann

class_a wrote:

> raylopez99 wrote:
>> On Nov 26, 1:00 pm, Linonut <lino...@bollsouth.nut> wrote:
>>> Bullshit, pure and simple. The thrill of Linux comes from many sources,
>>> depending on who is using it.
>>
>> 1% of the computing population is using it.
>
> Source?

His ass
--
Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. The answer is NO

Hadron

class_a <class_a@comcast.net> writes:

> raylopez99 wrote:
>> On Nov 26, 1:00 pm, Linonut <lino...@bollsouth.nut> wrote:
>>> Bullshit, pure and simple. The thrill of Linux comes from many sources,
>>> depending on who is using it.
>>
>> 1% of the computing population is using it.
>
> Source?

Yeah. DELL reckon its about 0.6%. It's certainly more common in the
server room but the very low desktop usage combined with the more common
server usage surely brings it up to about 2%?

--
His ideas of first-aid stopped short of squirting soda water.
-- P. G. Wodehouse

Conor

In article <UMmdnf5akoj83M_anZ2dnUVZ_sbinZ2d@comcast.com>, class_a
says...
> raylopez99 wrote:
> > On Nov 26, 1:00 pm, Linonut <lino...@bollsouth.nut> wrote:
> >> Bullshit, pure and simple. The thrill of Linux comes from many sources,
> >> depending on who is using it.
> >
> > 1% of the computing population is using it.
>
> Source?
>
Pick any stats site you want.

--
Conor

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.

Kier

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:07:17 +0100, Peter Köhlmann wrote:

> class_a wrote:
>
>> raylopez99 wrote:
>>> On Nov 26, 1:00 pm, Linonut <lino...@bollsouth.nut> wrote:
>>>> Bullshit, pure and simple. The thrill of Linux comes from many sources,
>>>> depending on who is using it.
>>>
>>> 1% of the computing population is using it.
>>
>> Source?
>
> His ass

:-) You beat me to it, Peter.

We know it's not a huge percentage, but it's no way as low as that.

--
Kier

class_a

Conor wrote:
> In article <UMmdnf5akoj83M_anZ2dnUVZ_sbinZ2d@comcast.com>, class_a
> says...
>> raylopez99 wrote:
>>> On Nov 26, 1:00 pm, Linonut <lino...@bollsouth.nut> wrote:
>>>> Bullshit, pure and simple. The thrill of Linux comes from many sources,
>>>> depending on who is using it.
>>> 1% of the computing population is using it.
>> Source?
>>
> Pick any stats site you want.

Easily done, but show me one that says 1% and I'll show you 10 more that
say differently.