Interesting thoughts but this applies and became the reasons after converting because before that you wouldn't know the value of what you said.
We uses Linux for ethical reasons rather than anything else; Many people used Linux even before it become a seriously elegant desktop and even before becoming as mature as it is now and just for the ethical reasons. On 05/04/2008, m3lyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The REAL reason we use Linux > > 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 bullshit. 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. > > There are three main reasons Linux is so much fun: > > 1. Linux gives you complete control > > Ever tried stopping a process in Windows and the OS wouldn't let you? > Ever tried deleting a file - and you couldn't? Even though you had > admin rights? > > Linux lets you do anything. That's the great benefit of usually > logging in as user. If you login as the root, the OS assumes you know > what you're doing. Once you become root, everything is allowed. > > 2. Linux isn't widely used > > This is a paradox. We often complain Linux isn't more widely used. But > that's one of the reasons we use it. It gives us a feeling of being a > special clique. Like we're better than "those ignorant masses". > > If Linux becomes widely used, we'll probably switch to something else. > Or at least develop an obscure distro that only we will use. Because, > let's face it, we want to feel special. > > 3. Linux is free (as-in-speech) > > We can get the source code for all our applications. If we want to > know how a certain part of the OS works, we can. This lets us tweak > and play with our systems. And we absolutely loo-o-o-ve tweaking our > system. > > Of course we can't tell non-Linuxers we use Linux because it's fun - > they'd stick us into a mental asylum quicker than you can say > "antidisestablishmentarianism". So we'll keep telling them the false > yet plausible reasons for using Linux. But deep inside, we'll know the > real reason we use Linux. > > And maybe, just maybe, next time someone asks me why I use Linux, I'll > flash a huge smile and answer: "Because using Linux is FUN!" > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
