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What are people saying, when they see your desktop

Posted by Yaba on Sep 25 2006

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Your Windows desktop looks odd.	13%
Whoah! How did you make the explorer look like that?	10%
You are using a Mac?	9%
I want that, too! Right now!	14%
Can you install that on my Windows box?	9%
Can I run Windows apps on that?	9%
WTH?	11%
Oh look! A windows clone!	2%
Nothing. They believe it is Windows.	15%
Other	8%

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At school

by mrutten on: Sep 29 2006

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They mostly realise it's Linux and ignore it, tell me how weird it is to run Linux on a laptop and imagine all the things that won't work, or tell me how they use Linux but only for server purposes. :)

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Only OSX, Win, & Lin

by kephnos on: Sep 29 2006

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If the viewer is actually aware of operating systems other than those made by Apple and Microsoft, they generally assume it is Linux... because apparently there is no such thing as Berkeley UNIX and its derivatives...

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They say...

by ido50 on: Sep 29 2006

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They say, "Which Windows is it? XP?"
And then I say, "No, it's not Windows, it's Linux."
And they say, "Huh? What's that?"
And I say, "It's a different operating system."
And they say, "What's an operating system?"
And I say, "It's what makes your monitor show porn."

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Re: They say...

by dodd3256 on: Sep 30 2006

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Dude that's great. I am ROFLMAO.

Goes to show how far in depth people think about their computers and how they actually work.

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Not Applicable.

by angrykeyboarder on: Sep 29 2006

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Nobody sees my desktop.

Scott
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© 2006 angrykeyboarder™ & Elmer Fudd. All Wights Wesewved
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Clueless IT

by Brandybuck on: Sep 30 2006

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Last year (back when I worked in a cubical farm), some schmuck from IT came by to install something on my system. I was across the aisle watching as he came to install software unasked.

He sits down in my chair (unasked), grabs the mouse, moves the cursor over to the bottom left corner, and then stops... He blinks, moves the mouse around a bit, scratches his head. I stop him as he's about to hit the power switch and tell him to get the hell out of my cubicle.

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Re: Clueless IT

by ltmon on: Sep 30 2006

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I'm glad you were there to catch it... I lost 8 hours of regression testing when the same thing happened.

I got out of Dilbert-world 6 months ago thankfully.

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Re: Re: Clueless IT

by Brandybuck on: Oct 3 2006

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This time was mild. A few years ago I caught an IT guy trying to reformat the harddrive of my personal laptop. He said Linux wasn't allowed, but I had full permission from my boss, his boss and the VP, plus there was no policy against Linux. He got demoted to cable stripping.

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Interested

by cloakable on: Oct 1 2006

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Most are interested, though they are a bit disappointed when I tell them most of the effects (KBFX and SuperKaramba) are KDE-only, and while you can get KDE working on Windows, it's much harder than on Linux :D Yay for having Vista-like effects, stable, and before Vista 'stable' comes out.

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What are people saying, when they see your desktop

At school

They mostly realise it's Linux and ignore it, tell me how weird it is to run Linux on a laptop and imagine all the things that won't work, or tell me how they use Linux but only for server purposes. :)

Only OSX, Win, & Lin

If the viewer is actually aware of operating systems other than those made by Apple and Microsoft, they generally assume it is Linux... because apparently there is no such thing as Berkeley UNIX and its derivatives...

They say...

They say, "Which Windows is it? XP?" And then I say, "No, it's not Windows, it's Linux." And they say, "Huh? What's that?" And I say, "It's a different operating system." And they say, "What's an operating system?" And I say, "It's what makes your monitor show porn."

Re: They say...

Dude that's great. I am ROFLMAO. Goes to show how far in depth people think about their computers and how they actually work.

Not Applicable.

Nobody sees my desktop.

Clueless IT

Re: Clueless IT

I'm glad you were there to catch it... I lost 8 hours of regression testing when the same thing happened. I got out of Dilbert-world 6 months ago thankfully.

Re: Re: Clueless IT

This time was mild. A few years ago I caught an IT guy trying to reformat the harddrive of my *personal* laptop. He said Linux wasn't allowed, but I had full permission from my boss, *his* boss and the VP, plus there was no policy against Linux. He got demoted to cable stripping.

Interested

Most are interested, though they are a bit disappointed when I tell them most of the effects (KBFX and SuperKaramba) are KDE-only, and while you can get KDE working on Windows, it's much harder than on Linux :D Yay for having Vista-like effects, stable, and before Vista 'stable' comes out.

They say, "Which Windows is it? XP?"
And then I say, "No, it's not Windows, it's Linux."
And they say, "Huh? What's that?"
And I say, "It's a different operating system."
And they say, "What's an operating system?"
And I say, "It's what makes your monitor show porn."

Dude that's great. I am ROFLMAO.

Goes to show how far in depth people think about their computers and how they actually work.

I'm glad you were there to catch it... I lost 8 hours of regression testing when the same thing happened.

I got out of Dilbert-world 6 months ago thankfully.

This time was mild. A few years ago I caught an IT guy trying to reformat the harddrive of my personal laptop. He said Linux wasn't allowed, but I had full permission from my boss, his boss and the VP, plus there was no policy against Linux. He got demoted to cable stripping.