[GLLUG] Why I AM a Linux addict

[Eduardo Cesconetto]

Atually, I think  masochism is present on my personality and it manifest 
itself whenever I try to create a document in Open Office, or spen 2 or 3 
nights trying to make a driver work in an unsupported OS.

:)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael George" <george at idealso.com>
To: "Eduardo Cesconetto" <eduardo at cesconetto.com>
Cc: "GLLUG" <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Why I AM a Linux addict


On Thu, June 7, 2007 11:05 pm, Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:
> According to google, this is what addiction means(just a few examples):
>
>
> a.. A chronic, relapsing disease characterized by compulsive drug-seeking
> and abuse and by long-lasting chemical changes in the brain. [1]
> teens.drugabuse.gov/utilities/glossary.asp
>
> a.. Strong emotional and /or psychological dependence on a substance such
> as alcohol or drugs that has progressed beyond voluntary control.
> www.dphilpotlaw.com/html/glossary.html
>
> a.. Uncontrollable craving, seeking, and use of a substance such as a drug
> or alcohol.
> www.stjude.org/glossary
>
> So, taking this in consideration, and replacing drugs and alcohool by
> Linux, I came to the conclusion that I am a Linux addict, it's the only
> explanation to why once every month or so I destroy a good working Windows
> partition and give Linux another shot, maybe with a new distro, or a new
> version of an old distro, always searching for the ultimate "high": an
> actually 100% working and with all my hardware working wright, that's
> actually not going to break with the next update...

You mean that in between these times you run windows??  I think maybe this
link is more apropos:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/masochist

;-)

-Michael George
 Ideal Solution, LLC


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