Fanatical Linux Fanboys == Fake Linux Users?
Posted by mypapit on 9 Sep 2010 in Funny Stuff, GNU/Linux
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A comic strip from Mostly Harmful got me thinking, how many are you so-called Linux fanboys actually use GNU/Linux operating system? Do you own a Windows box? or even Apple Mac OS X? How many are you, Linux advocates use GNU/Linux in your daily lives? Claiming that Linux is great and hating every other operating systems, while still (in secret) using them by choice?
Thanks APz for the comic strip
Tags: comic, fan boys, fanboys, funny, gnu/linux, humor, humour, linux, ubuntu, windows
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September 10th, 2010 at 12:52 am
The main inspiration for this strip were the fanatical fanboys, who come to the old beards (like yours truly) to seek acceptance by claiming that they understand our reasons for using Linux.
I don’t use Linux because I hate Microsoft or for any other hate or political reason. I use it because for the moment, it does its job. Before it, OS/2 did its job. And before that, Atari’s TOS did it. Maybe some day some other OS does the job. But not for a second I’ve run something just because “I don’t want to use Microsoft products”. Hell, I’ve been around long before even the very first version of Windows was released. And yes, I’ve given Windows a try. Went pro, administrated 100+ machine network of Windows desktops and servers. Never learned to like it.
So, when a fanboy approaches me at some Linux-event, goes on and on with his two-month Linux-stint, rages on and on about hating Microsoft, puts words in my mouth and at the end insults me … that, my friends, inspires me to draw a strip on heavy pain medication :)
Cheers! :)
September 10th, 2010 at 5:41 am
<3
September 11th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
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September 14th, 2010 at 6:48 am
It’s actually quite funny how people seem to enjoy misinterpreting what they see. Apparently because Wine and Ubuntu were mentioned, I received shitloads of hatemail, mostly in the lines of “are you saying that using wine/ubuntu makes you a fake linux user!?”. It only makes me question whenever they even read the comic, or better yet, even tried to understand what it was about. Anyway, I had to add a FAQ section for that strip after the first 100k visitors :)
September 15th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
i use what i want to use, and im not hating others work.
September 15th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
casio calculator works for me and so far no complaint.