[GLLUG] Why I AM a Linux addict

[Benjamin Cathey]

>->> 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...
>->> 

Me either - although the employees here complain of such OOo issues (if it is different and they don't understand it, it is "stupid and bad".)

As for drivers - Ubuntu if you have ANY driver problems.  Check out the Distro Compare article in the July issue of Linux format.  They compared on many issues.  I'd scan it and post it here but it would be more than 40k ;]

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Benjamin Cathey
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----- Original Message -----
From: Michael George
[mailto:george at idealso.com]
To: Eduardo Cesconetto
[mailto:eduardo at cesconetto.com]
Cc: GLLUG
[mailto:linux-user at egr.msu.edu]
Sent: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:09:21
-0400
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.
>->> 

>->> > ----- 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
>->>  Ideal Solution, LLC
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