XpLike Ubuntu again

[Christopher Chaltain]

This has not been my experience with the Linux community. I know the 
Linux community has a reputation of being a bunch of tech savvy nerds 
who have no patience for the new comer, but this has not been my 
experience as of late, and especially not in the accessibility community.

I wouldn't use the fact that no one else was familiar with this one 
flavor of Ubuntu as being an example of people being too wrapped up in 
their own flavor or distribution. In fact, I think it demonstrates just 
the opposite. This is a Ubuntu list and yet people were willing to talk 
about other distributions and flavors to try to help someone.

I think you'll find that it's more the norm than the exception to find 
people using Linux familiar with multiple operating systems, Linux 
distributions and Ubuntu flavors. After all, not many people started off 
on their computing experience with Linux, but rather came here from some 
other operating system. You'll find Linux mailing lists are littered 
with people who dual boot multiple operating systems or run other 
operating systems in virtual machines. You'll find this much more so on 
Linux related lists than you will on windows or Apple centric lists.

I know it's just anecdotal evidence on my part, but I actually find the 
Apple lists seem to be more full of misinformation about anything 
nonApple than other mailing lists. I say this as someone who's on a few 
Apple lists because I use and like my iPhone. Linux users may have some 
strong opinions from time to time, but it's usually based on some hard 
won experience or founded in some pretty strong technical reasons.

On 11/09/2013 12:56 AM, Gabe Vega - CEO Commtech LLC wrote:
> Unfortunately you will get that with Linux users sometimes. It's 
> either Linux or nothing, you bunches or nothing, this just show that 
> distro or nothing, for some reason it is common to have that behavior 
> in the Lenix community. Fortunately you have people like me, who use a 
> variety of distro's operating systems and computer platforms too many 
> in fact to actually stick to and be loyal to one. Do I favor one yes, 
> and that is Mac OS but hey, what can I say. I also have Windows 
> virtual machines, and Linux and , they all get the job done. And 
> that's what is important. please note, I am speaking this message via 
> my iPhone and Siri. If their spelling mistakes or word mistakes that 
> you know or understand. Please take it for what it is, I apologize for 
> not editing this message before sending.
>
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> On Nov 7, 2013, at 11:19 PM, Lenny <gervin at cableone.net 
> <mailto:gervin at cableone.net>> wrote:
>
>> this will be my last post on this, because either folks have no clue 
>> of what
>> I was asking about, or they are so wrapped up in their own flavor of 
>> Ubuntu
>> that the only advice I got was to try either a newer version, or try 
>> vinux.
>> I have extensively used Ubuntu, and it has gotten me out of binds 
>> with my
>> windows systems in the past, like saving data.  and I have tried 
>> vinux and I
>> prefer a clean Ubuntu to it.
>> but the Os of my choice is windows, XP, with all of its flaws.
>> Clearly there are Linux users out there like me, such that a distro of
>> Ubuntu was made to act like windows.
>> I guess I was barking up the wrong tree on this list with my quest 
>> for the
>> benefit of someone's experience of this distro of Ubuntu.
>> Thanks though.
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>>
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>

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Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at Gmail

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