very true... sounds like my voice
so true... there is a thought in this sentence.

Thats why so many people just go on promoting linux, telling friends its easy, doing things for them as if they were trivial, and so on.... because all of us want a community of us. Isn't it?

This is one reason why my signature stands.

I don't see it that way at all. Personally, I'd rather see exactly what my words are going to look like on paper (formatting and all) than try to guess at what it's going to look like. GUI's aren't intended to give a non-serious look into what your work looks like, it's supposed to provide a graphical interpretation of the final results on your computers screen.

I've found Linux users tend to not understand the viewpoint of the general computer using community. Most people don't care about what's under the hood. They want a computer that just does what they need it to do without any special modifications. It's like driving a car - most people don't care what's under the hood. They want to get in, turn on the car, put it in gear, and go. People shouldn't have to know how to overhaul their vehicles just to make it work. Same with computers. They want their interfaces to look like what the final product will look like. Studies have shown that people are more able to learn a system when the system represents something they are familiar with. Hense, most online forms look like the final output, etc. Same with word processors. I hated the old DOS-based Word Perfect because it never showed me what my output was going to look like as I typed it.

I never could understand why people would like the command line better than a GUI, but that's just me.

-SchadeBoy

44 / M / Minneapolis MN (suburb)
SuSE 9.1 Pro. Yast recognizes all of my system, with the exception of the Lexmark Z22 printer. Almost as easy as setting up Win XP. My system runs Linux 90% of the time. I still need XP for my QuickCAD program. I'm unable to get CAD running under wine, missing DLL's (deadbeef?) errors.

I see ~zoey~ is from MN and retired to TN. Gee could it be because of the winters? (funny my Husky loves it) Plus the lady has been interested in computers for 2 years and she takes on Linux. I've worked on computers since the Vic-20 and I find Linux has a bit of learning curve! ___I tip my hat to the lady.___

12, 13 next year, USA, Texas.

Me, too. I was so pleased to read her post. I love seeing the vast age range in the posters here. It's a very good sign. The younger ones, such as MylesCLin from Texas, have enormous energy and mental curiosity and ability to offer, and many will, I'm sure, go on to become contributors to Open-Source projects. And the older members can often provide insight into the NEEDS of ordinary (or even specialized) comptuer users that help contributors to tailor products. This kind of interplay is totally lacking in the proprietary software world, as far as I know, and is one reason Linux is so customizable and, once you get it under control, so very useful.

Man... I remember (almost) when I was 12 or 13... There were no computers back then.

Edit: ok, no PC's.

Yeah, I appreciate older hardware, though.
I figure, no matter how unsupported it is for Winsuck, I can get a machine to be a server just fine.
I wish I still had my Atari ST up from the basement.

I'm from Minnesota too, even though I've already posted it I'm 22 (I don't want to make people dig through pages of posts to find my first entry). It's nice to know there's another Minnesotan on LQ.

I'll bet there are lots of 'em: their fingers are just too cold to write much.

i am 48, 49 in feb 2005 23rd, i currently live in malvern in the uk, born and bred in the uk

I can't even imagine. I'm from Texas and this happens to me when the temperature gets down around 50. Which, incidentally, is my current age.

26 male Sweden Gothenburg

Slackware, se-dvorak, 3D art, student

14,M,Paraguay. Need I say more?

i am always amazed when i 'meet' women who are computer literate... *smile*
no, seriously... dont meet all that many - perhaps i just hang out in all the wrong places :-)

to answer the threads q: 22, male, oxford, England (UK)
origianlly from Obernhof (near Koblenz), Germay

No, I think thats just how it is.