[GLLUG] Why I AM a Linux addict

[Michael George]

On Fri, June 8, 2007 7:59 am, Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:
> 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.

Huh, I don't have problems creating docs in OOo.  Must be operator error.

I haven't had driver problems with Linux.  I guess you should stay away
from the "unsupported OS", which I'm guessing must be Vista...

> ----- 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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