[nylug-talk] Poll: What would you like to learn?

[Sunny Dubey]

On Saturday 01 March 2008 10:55:22 am Lamia wrote:
> If I start to say *preach* GNU/Linux, the chances are I'll be crucified by
> the Windows and Mac users. Not many people want to leave their precious
> Windows and some are very ignorant. It might turn into a war. At our
> College, we already have a "Computer Technology Club" full of Script
> Kiddies who use methods of  *hacking* a PSP or iPod, etc....Many others
> also say that Linux is too hard for everyday computer use. My Brother is in
> the 8th grade, he uses Linux for everything. Even 5 year olds in China use
> Linux. Well, it's not like i've given up on the whole club thing, I'm still
> in negotiation with the College about creating a "linux" club.

I remember finding linux-intelligence in college to be problematic.  As some 
of you who knew me years ago may remember, I swore finding such off entirely.

I remember linux being the ultimate pissing contest.  It wasn't about being 
logical, pragmatic, or doing cool things.  It was all about Gentoo, 
Slackware, and BSD.  The ironic part was almost all of the l33t-distro users 
were dual-booters.

I can vividly remember some kids from the ACM club extolling why BSD's vi was 
superior to Linux's vi.  (BSD kids were always epic fail.)

In my case I had NYLUG, and the Internet to revel in my learnings and hackery.  
(Which too was interesting, because I almost never ever ever ever saw 
students from my school attend a NYLUG meeting.)

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Sunny Dubey

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