The prize for the greatest internet comment ever, goes to....
Linux advocates remind me of bicycles. No, really.
More than a century ago, when cycling was first becoming popular, a Victorian humorist named Jerome K. Jerome pointed out that you could either ride a bike or "maintain" a bike -- but not both. The bikes of "maintainers" are always in several pieces because they are tightening the spokes, adjusting the chain, replacing the brakes, or something. They never actually get to ride their bikes. If you enjoy riding, he advised, never, ever try to maintain your bike.
And this is precisely what the Linux advocates don't understand: while they may get great pleasure from the process of assembling, tuning and tweaking the ideal setup, some of us just want to get on and go for a ride.
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“The prize for the greatest internet comment ever, goes to....”
“thank you. I've always tried to describe how Linux folk treat computing as a hobby and I just want to use a computer to do specific functions without tweaking. You explained that perfectly.”
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The greatest internet comment ever was seen at Gizmodo.
the comment is quite entertaining, so much so that I hoped it was even remotely applicable anymore :P
ReplyDeleteThere is at least ONE linux distribution that will meet all the needs of any particular user. =)