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Linux is Not Windows

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If, as I do, you spend any amount of time on a Linux forum, you'll eventually grow exasperated, as I did, by the number of posts that run something like this:

"Hi! I've been using Linux for a few days, and it's mostly great. But, it's a shame that [something or other] doesn't work like it does on Windows. Why don't all the developers completely rewrite all the software so it acts more like Windows? I'm sure Linux would get lots more users if they did!"

You may even have had a go at answering these questions, only to be shot down in flames by a Linux newbie who takes it as read that his idea, based on years of experience with a different OS plus a few hours on Linux, is revolutionarily brilliant, and you only don't like it because you're an "old-school Linux user" who thinks that GUIs are the spawn of the Devil and everybody should be forced to stick to the CLI.

This article is aimed at explaining to those newbies exactly why their ideas tend to get flamed rather than embraced.
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Read it, learn it, love it...bitches.

All true stuff, my friend, but... what about the fun you get when you see them dumbasses bumping into something they don't know and learn the hard lesson?
Priceless...

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They come to Linux with many Windows habits ingrained and an attitude of "I know exactly how to use a computer, thank you very much." The problem is, they don't. They only know how to use Windows. When they come to a different OS, these "power users" can be the ones who have the worst problems: They have far more to unlearn.

OMFG..how true....this was my biggest obstacle...accepting the fact they they were two different...once I got that past that..the heavens openend up, beams of light shined down, the angels sang in one voice..and I "got" linux...then I saw how much alike they were..and could differentiate the two!!

THIS IS A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!

P.S. Im posting this up on every forum I go to..great find!!!!!!!!!

Brian
AwPhuch

Why do so many people quote the word "got" when used in a sentence such as "I finally got it"? It only serves to distract the reader and make him wonder what the quotes are for. If you don't quote the present tense (e.g. "Do you get what I'm saying?") it's silly to quote the past tense of the same word.

That said....the "Linux is not Windows" article is perhaps the most accurate description of The Problem that I've ever read.

Thanks for the link.. Will forward it in bulk..

ke4nt

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