[KLUG Advocacy] Lindows/"I Hate Linux" rant....

[Adam Williams]

>I think this belongs more on advocacy so I'll CC it there...
>> previously scratched plans to post a link and respond to the guy because
>> I'd pretty much decided it wasn't worth it. Rereading it, though, I
>> think maybe it should get a mention: http://tailsteak.netherweb.com/
>I read that little rant (as well as a few other articles on this guy's
>site).  Basically, the rant is saying "I hate Linux because I am too
>lazy to figure it out.  Change is hard."  (paraphrase)
>What gets me is that he seems to like the political side of Linux (free,
>open, an alternative to microsoft) but he's not willing to put in a few
>hours to learn the technical side.  It's like somebody who really thinks
>candidate X is good for the country but cannot be bothered to go to the
>polls to cast a vote.  He could have learned all the useful commands in
>the time it took him to write that rant.

Or he could have just done his file management via Nautilus.  I know the 
command line stuff,  but - what is easier than <click> <Del> (easier than 
cd /blah; rm -f file, IMHO)

I notice the site's lack of deep technical content concerning ANY 
subject (including Winbloze).  So this guy can call himself a tech guru 
all he wants;  the proof is in the PDF.

>Where would we be if everybody just took the path of least resistance?

Probably not too far from where we are.