[GLLUG] Why I AM a Linux addict

[Eduardo Cesconetto]

One correction from my previous statement: BSD runs fine in current hardware 
if we are calling Mac OS 10 BSD (which I do consider BSD...)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eduardo Cesconetto" <eduardo at cesconetto.com>
To: "Michael George" <george at idealso.com>
Cc: "GLLUG" <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Why I AM a Linux addict


> hehhehe, Mr Samrty Pants, Badly supported is better then unsupported, I do 
> think MS is evil, but unless I want to run on 2-5 years old hardware, I 
> cannot get BSD or Linux to run reliably. That is my pain. I wish from the 
> bottom of my hearth that Canonical get their act together and start 
> testing the Ubuntu updates before releasing them, so things would not 
> break.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael George" <george at idealso.com>
> To: "Eduardo Cesconetto" <eduardo at cesconetto.com>
> Cc: "Michael George" <george at idealso.com>; "GLLUG" 
> <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Why I AM a Linux addict
>
>
>
> 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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> -Michael George
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