> You will find Linux users tend to be protective because the only way it is
> spread is by word of mouth. We may seem thin skinned, but we are constantly
> barraged with FUD from the big boys at Microsoft and Apple. Windows users
> tend to not be as passionate in the first place as Apple users and certainly
> not as much as Linux and they do not get FUD campaigns aimed at them. That
> can make anyone defensive.

Yes. Toshiba has given me crap when I sent my laptop in for repair (locked 
bios, I don't think it was "random" but a timed lock), They somehow got me to 
say I used linux and wanted to charge me extra for "reinstalling" windows. 
Needless to say I spoke to the manager and had him look at a page that showed 
the BIOS was different than windows, or any other OS. *sees Gates yelling at 
toshiba for not selling a licends to me*.
FUD campaigns are real.

As far as the graphical interface vs command line.
The graphical interface drew me close to linux, and got me to switch.
The terminal taught me the inner workings. It's nice to not be locked out of 
anything. If you are, well sudo (command) works all the time. :D




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