To make a long story short: I use Linux because it works.
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 10:37 AM, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
