Why do I use Linux?

[Siri Amrit Kaur]

On Sunday 27 November 2005 04:11 pm Ric Whitney kindly 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

I feel much the same way; some people on this list are SO smart! I 
know why I first tried Linux, and that was because of all the reasons 
I didn't like Windows: lack of security, lack of control, "taking 
over" in ways I didn't like. I also wanted to learn more about how 
computer stuff worked and figured Linux was a good way to learn. That 
was four years ago. What I CAN'T figure out is why I've stuck with it 
all these years when I'm so bad at it all! I took a quiz once to see 
what O/S I was suited for and it came back "Windows" :-(

Everything about Linux is hard for me. Remembering commands and 
commandline syntax is something my brain will never be good at. My BP 
goes up every time I have to type in a terminal. When I screw up, I 
screw up hugely. Little things like the clock suddenly going all 
kattywhompus drive me crazy. I barely grok the man pages.

Linux aggravates the heck out of me, but I've learned to live with it. 
And sometimes I actually manage to enjoy it. I figure the constant 
mental battle will keep me from developing Alzheimers in my old 
age...

Siri Amrit
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