Re: Why I am Still Using Windows
From: John (Yochanon_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/07/04
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Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 04:22:02 -0500
Steven Kinch, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use,
wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:47:18 -0500, John wrote:
>
>> Peter Reaper, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to
>> use, wrote:
>>
>>> I have tried
>>
>> and found you had to actually use your head for once, but it hurt too much
>> so
>> you figured it's easier to bitch and cry than anything else.
>
>
> Harold and John,
>
> I share your annoyance at what might be a shameless bit of win trolling.
That alone should have been enough to say that anyone who flamed him was not
in the wrong.
> Against that, annoyance and anger are very negative things. I would ask
> you to look at Peter's post. Reasoned, lucid, encouraging and (for me)
> somewhat inspiring.
As you said..."for *you*'.
>
> We were all in his position at one time or another
Only when I switched cold turkey, literally the day I got my first distro of
Linux, I didn't whine about a darn thing. I dug my heels in and got to
'thinking'. When I couldn't figure it out on my own, I <gasp> asked questions,
instead of just giving up and coming to an NG and saying it was too hard on my
brain.
> in the not too distant
> past and like him, I keep Win XP on a spare drive for those things that
> Linux developers have not yet perfected.
I kept a dual-boot system for about 2 years, but even during that time, I
rarely used my W98 system. I had better things to do than get on it and be in a
constant 'uptight' state worrying when it would crash on me, or what new
garbage would try to sneak into it and destroy what work I *was* able to do.
> Games are sadly better in
> Windows.
I don't do them, haven't for quite a long time now (nothing wrong with those
who do enjoy them, mind you), so this is a non-issue with me.
> So is making backups of DVD movies.
No problems here at all, other than the 'time' to do them, which is no big
deal since I start it just before I go to bed. Use DVD::rip. Download and read
the 'how-to' I found on the 'net for it here:
<http://personalpages.tds.net/~yochanon/>
> If I want a database
> from work to do anything at home, I have to use Access.
Haven't a clue what it is or what it's used for, so another non-issue for me.
> I don't
> really think that Wine is the right approach. Apart from that, I just
> don't use it. My motto is "Find or, if you have the ability, write an
> open source alternative. At the very least, if like me you cannot
> program, support someone who does."
I am constantly writing programmers of apps that I find very useful/nice/just
good stuff, to let them know I appreciate what they're doing, so I agree with
you here very much.
>
> I found Peter's response to be a lot more persuasive as a counter to the
> "Linux is crap" mentality of the poster. It is not his fault if he is not
> designed to think about things and to work out solutions to problems.
He's human, right? Then he's "designed to think". If he doesn't or refuses to
try, he deserves every flame he gets. Stupidity is not a decent excuse for
continual living.
-- Linux 2.4.20-4GB-athlon 4:08am up 28 days 7:06, 2 users, load average: 0.08, 0.16, 0.13
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