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I am finding linux is

DeAthe

Sun Feb 17 10:41:26 2002

Insidiously installing on my machines in the quiet of the night.

Odd.

It started with the server, now it has headed towards my laptop. There are rumors of my desktop being attacked next.

I was considering calling an exterminator, but it is kind of growing on me. I enjoy playing with it, windows holds no real challenge for me on a user basis anymore. But with linux I find myself finding new and neat software that intriques me. I really haven't enjoyed using a computer like this since my Amiga days. I mean, I enjoyed using the software on a computer, but this is a feeling of exploration, something new and well, quite frankly kind of exciting again.

Imitation Gruel

Sun Feb 17 15:24:32 2002

If I ever actually force myself to build a new computer, I'll likely load some form of Linux on it; probably either Mandrake or SuSE (personal). But I'm lazy and don't feel like doing that anytime soon.
PaulHill

Sun Feb 17 17:28:49 2002


windows holds no real challenge for me on a user basis anymore.

Isn't that a good thing? I mean, if you really want a new challenge, learn developing.  That gets you into all sorts of nooks and crannies that you never new existed.
Jeremy Reimer

Sun Feb 17 20:37:55 2002

Eh... I have to play with Linux and BSD at work, and so when I come home it's a nice change to have something that just DOES WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO instead of requiring all this fiddly tweaking and retweaking.  

I remember when I got the BSD box to recognize our network shares.. there was this little twinge of "YES!  SUCCESS! WHOO HOO!" for a second and then I thought about it and realized that had this been a Windows box, it would have done so automatically.

My ideal OS would do everything automatically, including all my work, so that I wouldn't have to and could spend all my time posting to Internet bulletin boards and playing Homeworld.

Imitation Gruel

Sun Feb 17 21:17:05 2002

My ideal OS would do everything automatically, including all my work, so that I wouldn't have to and could spend all my time posting to Internet bulletin boards and playing Homeworld.

[url=http://www.pegasus3d.com/studly.html]Mine does much the same things. Except I've never played Homeworld, so I'd probably play Scrabble or something.[/url]

Socrates

Mon Feb 18 05:14:07 2002

JR:  Your ideal is a  system os that blows you;-)

Hence, your desire to love Bill...

Socrates

Jeremy Reimer

Mon Feb 18 05:17:43 2002

No, I don't want my computer to be a substitute sex partner (if I did, I suppose I'd have to get a G4 tower with the "glory hole")  I'm quite satisfied with the human partner I have already.  :biggrin:

Madan

Mon Feb 18 15:34:44 2002

I would LOVE to know "everything about Windows".

I'd leave exploration to other ventures. Unfortunately, even Windows is confusing to me sometimes.

M.

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Mon Feb 18 15:59:00 2002

Wimmen confuse AYB,

but that doesn't mean AYB gives up on Teh Wimmen. :)

Imitation Gruel

Mon Feb 18 16:19:17 2002

Wimmen confuse AYB, but that doesn't mean AYB gives up on Teh Wimmen.

Show me a man who understands women and I'll show you someone who's had a sex reassignment.