Rant. (OSS)

Yay for rants.

Sitting in the Union yesterday and playing True Swing Golf at Upper Deck Tuesday night made me realize something. Although Linux/Unix/etc. free operating systems and such are "superior" to that of Microsofts works, it will never win over until something happens. That something is the day Open Source advocators take their heads, and remove it from fellow OSS supporters asses. What exactly does that mean? Its simple really. The reason OSS doesnt spread is because the advocators of it feel that if you cant figure out yourself you dont deserve to. Picture a circle. Now picture the circle is a ring of OSS supporters. Now picture them inserting their head into the fellow members ass. Makes a cozy lil circle dont you agree? When I ask a simple question of how, it gets answered with "noob." Already I find myself warming up to Microsofts "communistic" ways. (Communistic refers to what most of my Linux savvy friends call Microsoft.)

They get it right, while the rest simply phail. (I play games, I know the proper spelling is 'fail'.) I think I have more fun calling Microsofts tech support than I do asking a person how to install Linux. As the old saying goes, "You can attract more flies with honey than vinegar." If Linux/Unix ever wants to flourish and be truly used. They need to make it "average" person friendly. I fit into that average category. Sure I can replace PC parts and semi-sorta troubleshoot, but cannot use a command line interface to save my life. Until someone is willing to discuss how to use an Open Source OS and its functions without a condescending tone, I say fuck it.

Dont even start to think I am uneducated. I am on my Sophmore year in Bemidji State University and study global affairs. I understand human on human interaction and acting as the "superior one" can always leave a bad taste.

After thought. On my section about making it user friendly, I dont mean change the way linux is. I refer to the people supporting it. Make them more people friendly.