24 Jun
2006
24 Jun
'06
4:11 p.m.
Hi,
2006/6/24, Rob <lau(a)kudla.org>rg>:
I'm not the guy who
buys the "No, I will not fix your computer" T-shirt from
Thinkgeek.
I haven't bought that t-shirt either...
My solution used to be to hand them a copy of Knoppix
and say to
use that as a backup, but my social circle and family includes
many AOL users and gamers, not to mention the shift towards
laptops with wifi chipsets that can't be set up without an hour
and a half of nerd intervention. That, and the tendency of
people to go, "You fixed my computer once, now come back and fix
it again" increases by an order of magnitude when I give them
Linux. Sometimes you just gotta know what your limits are.
Funny thing is that even my girlfriend realised the advantage of me
not giving support for "friend": More time with her ;-)
Thats why I tell them that I am a software-DEVELOPER and otherwise
hardware and software just has to work for me (which is the reason I
no longer use windows if there isn't a real good reason like UT or
Corel Draw [*]).
BTW: I am one of those nvidia-binary-users. :-) And it works, even
with low-latency-audio and semitransparent windows. Seeing ardours
meters behind the tracks _is_ nice!
Have a nice weekend,
Arnold
[*] Yes, I know. Ut can be run on linux too and inkscape is a good
replacement for Corel, but the files are in Corel and currently I only
have to do minor modifications on them. Not enough to switch them over
to svg...
PPS: Wir werden Weltmeister!
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