Aunty Diluvian wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:06:18 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >__/ [ casioculture@xxxxxxxxx ] on Saturday 26 August 2006 04:52 \__
> >
> >> And I know it. I'd been complacent about linux for quite a while. The
> >> fact is, GNU/Posix software is sooo good it just doesn't make sense
> >> once you get the pleasure of using it and seeing how well thought out
> >> it is to want anything to do with Windows and its stuff again.
> >>
> >> It might seem difficult at first, but once you get to know it well
> >> enough as you know your Windows stuff, or even a lot less, it actually
> >> is quite a lot simpler, and yet far more powerful.
> >>
> >> And what's more, now that I'd switched to linux, I feel that much of my
> >> knowledge of windows had been a waste. Much of the expertise someone
> >> gains in regular usage of Windows is about overcoming limitations and
> >> fixing flaws that shouldn't have been there in the first place!
> >>
> >> To hell with it. I will not miss it.
> >>
> >> I think someone should set up a website for linux-convert, ex-windows
> >> users who'd like to burn a virtual effigy of windows to avenge those
> >> years of useless expertise and impoverished abilities. Ah, that would
> >> be poetic.
> >
> >I know the feeling. Good post.
>
> Lonlieness can be a very strong, debilitating feeling.
> Sitting alone in your basement with only your cola buddies
> to talk to. You Linux converts need some interaction
> with the outside world.
Only my cola buddies? No, Mister, I talk on other newsgroups too!
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