Arrogance vs Ignorance

Clarify

My last post for the Linux Haters came after a heated post about how Linux users and why they love Linux. In this Linux user post, I did call Window users lazy bastards, but I was not intending it to be pointed at all windows users. My Grandparents use Windows to surf the internet and check email, and while I would love to get them on a faster Linux machine, I would never bash them for their choice. They have chosen to be ignorant of the way the computer works and what is best possible choice for them out of thousands. Its like me with cars, I know how they work, and I can do some maintenance but I'm not part of that culture.

The ones that I called lazy bastards are not the ignorant type, they are the arrogant type. They are the Linux bashers that sit on their Windows Vista machines, having never lift a finger to install any Linux distro. These people are the ones that claim to computer experts, that give advise blindly about Linux, and especially those that take what someone else has written on the internet and fling it against us can quite frankly shove their opinion up their ass where it belongs. The community loves feed back, but if your just here to feed us your brainwashed bull crap - SHUT THE FUCK UP! Linux users are trying to give Microsoft and corporations in general the middle finger. We are the rebels fighting for the freedom of the cyber world and the real world. We are the rage against the Matrix that is our current life system. It is the fucking point that we make our software free, its our point that unchecked corporations do the consumer any good (Microsoft), it is the point that we teach people to think rather than be lazy cash cows for the corporations to milk dry. IT IS THE FUCKING POINT. If you are going to bash us, then turn that cannon first to yourselves, then to use (if there is anything left of you). I know that every Linux user has used Microshit's products, but how many of you Windows users can say, "I've tried Linux first hand?" How many of you have actually played around with it? How many of you stood up to the challenge and got something working on Linux that wasn't working a moment ago?

In conclusion, ignorance is bliss - arrogance is a pain in the ass for everyone else.
--The Student

You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals. -- The Mentor

Linux Haters = Good Publicity

Bring on the Linux Love HATE

While passing through the internet, in search of information, I came upon the Linux Hater's Blog and I laughed. The arguments were weak at best, the foul language strong, and the responses fun to read. I was amazed how it went on and on and on, with only breaks taken to catch breath. At first, I do admit to being fired up, he did a good job of setting my blood on fire, but I took a moment and realized that this shit was helping the open source community.

Most people hate change, challenge, and concern. The average person does not want to spend their time doing any of the three because they do all three all at once at work. Windows is suppose to provide the ability to use computers seamlessly without any of the three Cs remotely cropping up. XP has thus far been the best achievement by Microsoft in this endeavor. With over 70% of the market share of desktop users having at least one copy of XP in use, this achievement was only topped by Windows 95's 80% market share back in the day. XP SP1 was stable, lite weight (compared to Windows ME), and fairly secure. Yet, Microsoft failed this goal with Vista and soon with Windows 7. It was a back track that has sent users into the arms of the *nix (Unix, Linux, Mac) community in flocks.

Now, here in the Linux community, we do not hate the user; we hate the corporation. While some questions do send a prompt retort from the community ("What is the best distro for 'hacking'"), most of us tire day and night to give answers and fix problems - after a full day at work. Now if you choose to use Windows, that is your choice, but the question is - Did you choose Windows, or did it choose you. Do you see it that there is no other possible choice? That the applications that you must have are "only" available on Windows? Have you considered all your options? Microsoft would say yes for you in all three questions. They constantly attack, propagate against, and demoralize any possibility that there is anything but Microsoft. For this we hate them, but not you, the user.

The biggest difference between Linux and Microsoft is not the price, the look or the usage, but the philosophy that it was founded on. Linux was born from the academic world with one purpose in mind - community driven, computerized perfection. Windows was born from the minds of business mend with only the prostitute of profits. Originally, DOS stolen with out paying royalties, the Windows GUI (graphic user interface) was pirated from Xerox, and so many of Windows features were borrowed from the Unix/Linux community without due credit. Our community is here to make a difference, and we are always coming one step closer to our goals. We never back track and never stop. Every success is a step, every failure a leap.

But if you choose to use Windows, it is your choice - we just want to make it all better.

--The Student

You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals. -- The Mentor