[GLLUG] Why do we use Linux

[Chris Fritz]

I started using Linux for the same reason I started typing in Colemak -
really just for fun. I was in high school at the time and thought it was
awesome that I could use a computer without paying for an OS license. Plus,
I had read about the cool effects people were doing with Beryl and wanted
to show off my cubed desktop. (I still think that's rad!)

And I still enjoy learning new stuff and feeling powerful when I'm able to
make something from nothing (or no cost except time). Over time though, I
started using Linux for more practical reasons and got tired of tweaking
unstable compositing effects for hours. :-)

On Dec 8, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Matt Parrott <parrott.matt at gmail.com> wrote:

I use Linux because being on the upgrade and re-learning treadmill of
proprietary solutions is not fun.

Sure, it's a bit harder to figure out how to do things in the terminal, but
I don't need to worry about the makers of vim and bash scrapping their
entire paradigm in favor of some exciting new fad in the near future.

My colleagues at a Microsoft-infested corporation are all pumped up about
migrating their data into a "data cube".

Of course, they were getting along fine with sql, but, well, you know. Who
wants to be the loser with tabular solutions to problems in a terminal when
you can be the cool guy with cubicle solutions to problems using a touch
screen tablet?

P.S.

ChruBuntu on the Samsung 550 ChromeBook runs like a dream and the
simplified keyboard makes programming much easier. Can't recommend strongly
enough.

- Matt Parrott <http://www.swarmstrategies.com/matt> · (317) 324-8282 ·
Skype: matt.parrott



On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Ben Chavez <ebcha1974 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hello everybody.
> I was thinking I haven't written anything to the mailing list in a while,
> so this morning while I was surfing the web I found this entry in a blog
> site. I thought to share it with you since I found sound what true and
> funny at the same time. Here it is
>
>     *"We tell people we use Linux because it’s secure. Or because it’s
> free, because it’s customizable, because it’s free (the other meaning),
> because it has excellent community support. But all of that is just
> marketing crap. We tell that to non-Linuxers because they wouldn’t
> understand the real reason.  And when we say those false reasons enough, we
> might even start to believe them ourselves. *
>
> *    But deep underneath, the real reason remains.*
> * *
>
> *    We use Linux because it’s fun!*
> * *
>
> *    It’s fun to tinker with your system. It’s fun to change all the
> settings, break the system, then have to  go to recovery mode to repair it.
> It’s fun to have over a hundred distros to choose from. It’s fun to use the
> command line.
> Let me say that again.*
> * *
>
> *     It’s fun to use the command line.*
> * *
>
> *    No wonder non-Linuxers wouldn’t understand.*
> * *
>
> *    The point with us Linux fans is – we use Linux for its own sake.
> Sure, we like to get work done. Sure, we like to be secure from viruses.
> Sure, we like to save money. But those are only the side-effects. What
> we really like is playing with the system, poking around, and discovering
> completely pointless  yet fascinating facts about the OS.*
> * *
>
> *    And that’s the reason we use Linux because*
> * *
>
> *    Linux is Fun"
> *
>
>
> Probably not everybody will agree but I thought it was funny any way. Have
> a nice weekend every one
>
> *
> *
>
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