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 migrated to Ubuntu Linux years ago after > > mounting problems with Windows XP and total frustration with the > > basket case MS Vista was. I build my own PCs from scratch with parts > > from Pacific Solutions and ENU [....] > > I'm unsure about your definition of "nerd," but my guess is that an > extremely large percentage of the American population would apply that > term to someone who builds PCs from scratch. :-) >
I guess I was thinking of the term applying to people who build their own kernels or write complex apps in Python or such. What code I write these days is in bash-shell, yet another advantage I find in Linux vs. Windows. Nearly everything I need to do can be done with off-the-shelf open-source apps right out of the repos or, at worst, on the command line. One or two apps may not be there and those I can get and install as a .deb file, e.g., Googlearth. I have WINE or virtualbox for the rare need that might mandate Windows but that situation has yet to appear. For systems that others may use who prefer the look and feel of Windows 7, Vista, XP, Win2K, NT, Win95/98, Windows 3.1, OS/2 or AppleOS, I can create near twins to those OSes using and tuning the various window managers available in Ubuntu or other Debian distros. I might have been more of a nerd code-wise with Windows, because it had no useful shell programming. More often than I liked, I was forced to create something in MS Access or Virtual Basic or Java because the underlying system was so lame and the appropriate commercial application was more costly than I thought necessary. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
