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Old 01-30-2008, 07:23 PM   #31
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I've noticed that too. I have several friends whom often rib me about being a geek, just because I run Slackware.

The odd thing is, that they're the ones working in IT. I work in a completely unrelated field.
People called me a "geek" long before I even started with Linux because I knew the commandline and acronyms like RAM and CPU and I knew how to install a CD-ROM drive. I didn't start getting "ribbed" until I switched to Linux. They "upgraded" me from geek to genius.

I had been using Linux for 4 years before I started working in the school's computer lab where I am now. My most knowledgable coworker here, who has been in this lab for several years already and has another job as a network engineer for another school, has heard of Linux but never seen it. The others haven't got a clue what Linux is.

I guess to some people it doesn't matter what distro you use. Just being different makes you a "geek" in their eyes. I have met a couple of Ubuntu users recently. They only mention it because they see one of my Slackware t-shirts. They don't call me a geek in so many words, but they hint that Slackware isn't "point-and-click" enough for them.
 
Old 02-01-2008, 05:04 AM   #32
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I have to admit that the only reason I started using Slack 14 years ago is because I was in college and had to make a choice between the new Windows NT 4.0 or a weekend in Vale. Turns out I knew what I was doing.... I got a bunch of great memories of Colorado *with hangover* and the best OS around. Geek? I don't think so, my kids don't know how to use Windows, never taught them.... up yours Bill...
 
Old 02-01-2008, 07:38 AM   #33
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my kids don't know how to use Windows, never taught them.... up yours Bill...
Not that it's rocket science to use Window$, of course. What's really hard about Window$ is to keep it stable, secure, and really usable. I wouldn't consider is usable, in fact by some definitions it wouldn't even be considered software.
 
  


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