1. I love Linux. It can do anything a winders box can and way more with half the fuss. It has its quirks. You’re just *used* to dealing with the quirks from winders.
2. The power of Linux is its flexibility. I don’t *have* to have one unified GUI handed down from some snot-nosed jerk in an ivory tower. I get to pick the one I want. Most people want the same burger in every town. Good for them. That’s why they pay big bucks for .5 the OS. Have you ever really used KDE? I can’t imagine anyone saying Vista is better.
3. No way in heck am I drinking *pod* coffee. Pod coffee is crap. Roasted within two weeks at the most and ground for less than 1 minute before the shot is pulled. Pod coffee is a future I want to skip.
Linux isn’t for everybody. That’s the whole freaking point. I love the thing, but it’s not for you. Fine. I think you’re crazy and you probably think I’m crazy. No big deal. It’s just the market.
Now . . . off for locally brewed beer.
thanks.
no, yo not crazy!
Myself, I am a SuSE guy.
I still can't peg the reason, but OpenSuSE nabbed me. I bought a laptop that had Vista pre-loaded. Took it for a test drive for a week and was simply red in the face pissed at the end of the week. Installed OpenSuSE 10.3 and everything worked (even the embedded webcam!).
I am now on 11.0. It is quirky here and there; but I am very satisfied so far.
To new Linux users, I say dual boot at first. Get your windows and your linux on. Eventually, Linux will nab you (especially when you start realizing how much crap you leave open and the box still runs along as happy as can be!)
No freaking doubt. I roast my own, and it makes a huge difference IMO. Thank God I can finally have coffee that is not burned!
Come on, pod coffee is good for a quick, convenient fix if you get a decent brand. But for when there’s time I still like it recently roasted, fresh ground (not murdered in a coffee whacker, ground in a mill) and in the French press.
Yes...my garage is local. :-)