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

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 with

Re: [PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-11 Thread Patrick Finn Robins
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 13:14, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 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

Re: [PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-11 Thread wes
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Word Wizard word.wiz...@comcast.netwrote: 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

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 nerd. I

Re: [PLUG] Is Linux only for nerds?

2011-02-11 Thread Russell Senior
Word == Word Wizard word.wiz...@comcast.net 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

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 word.wiz...@comcast.net 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