On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Jonathan Hutchins hutchins@tarcanfel.org wrote:
This would be a fair assessment of many of the people I've encountered in the #kubuntu support channel on freenode. They are largely from Eastern Europe - Romania mostly, they don't give a hoot about the OS and refuse to look at a command line. They just want to get the system up so they can run their pirated games.
When the install process gets too easy and starts to do too much thinking for you, you're gonna get those people who should never have left windows - if they should even be running that!
By stating this view aren't you just reinforcing the stereotype of Unix geeks that we're all just a bunch of snobs? Yes, I'm making assumptions about you based upon a general stereotype of Unix geeks and a small sample of your comments. Much like how you stereotyped an entire community based on your observation of a few people in #kubuntu.
http://ozguru.mu.nu/Photos/2005-11-11--Dilbert_Unix.jpg
Jeffrey.