Re: [PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-11 Thread Word Wizard
On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 13:18 -0800, Russell Senior wrote: > > "Word" == Word Wizard writes: > > Word> Feedback from a non-nerd > Word> > Word> I'm not a Linux nerd or any kind of computer or technology > Word> nerd. [...] > > Word> I might have been more of a nerd code-wise with Windows, be

Re: [PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-11 Thread Russell Senior
> "Word" == Word Wizard writes: Word> Feedback from a non-nerd Word> Word> I'm not a Linux nerd or any kind of computer or technology Word> nerd. [...] Word> I might have been more of a nerd code-wise with Windows, because Word> it had no useful shell programming. More often than I liked, I

Re: [PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-11 Thread Word Wizard
On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 11:14 -0800, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Word Wizard wrote: > > > Feedback from a non-nerd > > > > I'm not a Linux nerd or any kind of computer or technology nerd. I > > have nothing against nerds; I just don't want to be one. Or even be > > thought of as a

Re: [PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-11 Thread wes
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Word Wizard wrote: > Feedback from a non-nerd > > I'm not a Linux nerd or any kind of computer or technology nerd. I have > nothing against nerds; I just don't want to be one. Or even be thought > of as a nerd. I migrated to Ubuntu Linux years ago after mounting >

Re: [PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-11 Thread Patrick "Finn" Robins
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 13:14, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Word Wizard wrote: > > > Feedback from a non-nerd > > > > I'm not a Linux nerd or any kind of computer or technology nerd. I > > have nothing against nerds; I just don't want to be one. Or even be > > thought of as a nerd.

Re: [PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-11 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Word Wizard wrote: > Feedback from a non-nerd > > I'm not a Linux nerd or any kind of computer or technology nerd. I > have nothing against nerds; I just don't want to be one. Or even be > thought of as a nerd. I migrated to Ubuntu Linux years ago after > mounting problems

Re: [PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-11 Thread Word Wizard
Feedback from a non-nerd I'm not a Linux nerd or any kind of computer or technology nerd. I have nothing against nerds; I just don't want to be one. Or even be thought of as a nerd. I migrated to Ubuntu Linux years ago after mounting problems with Windows XP and total frustration with the basket

[PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-10 Thread Michael C. Robinson
This shows how popular Linux has become that this is even a concern now. I wonder if not having enough information is plaguing kernel developers still and if this is by and large why you have to be a "geek" to get Linux to work with computer X containing hardware device Y? Microsoft is so big and