Why do I use Linux?

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Ric Whitney wrote:

>Invoked by June Tate's reply to my post on the 1984 thread:
>
>I was never much into Sci-Fi.  The closest I ever got was LOTR and Thomas
>Covenant.  I used to be a Handyman.  I read a lot of Shakespeaere and Dickens -
>the classic stuff.  I started using Windows 3.1 in 95, when I got my first
>computer - a 386 something or other.  As early as 96 I bought a copy of Redhat
>5.2.  I guess I became disillusioned with the whole Windows thing very quickly.
>I'm still left to ponder my reasons for even showing an interest in Linux in the
>first place.  I installed Redhat 5.2 - couldn't get any kind of dialtone (had
>dialup til August 99 when my son was born.) . What did /, /usr, /var, /etc
>mean?
>I was stuck to C:\.  I'm not sure where I'm going with this, just that I seem to
>be somewhat ignorant in light of June's post - she's so intelligent.  I realise
>that we're all ignorant - only on different subjects (Will Rogers).  I'm fairly
>intelligent when it comes to book lernin'.  I just can't figure out why I turned
>to Linux like I have.  Can anyone enlighten me? ;-)
>
>Thanks for listening!
>
>Ric Whitney
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