Linked by Ben Mazer on Wed 15th Oct 2003 20:58 UTC
A few months ago I was a Slackware Junkie. I loved it, and laughed at those who used 'more automatic' distributions (ok, I didn't actually laugh). Then Arch Linux 0.5 came out and I was very intrigued by it. I was getting tired of having to compile updated packages myself. 
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People always want to be better than other people.
True. But don't you find it disconcerting that with Linux specifically, it never ends?
"Hey dude - install Linux. Windows sucks."
Time passes
"No man. RedHat sucks. Install Slackware."
Time passes
"Doh. Don't use KDE. It sucks. Use Blackbox."
Time passes
"Don't use Mozilla man. It's bloatware. Use Lynx."
Repeat forever...
Yet these same people drive cars they didn't build, wear clothes they didn't fabricate, eat food they didn't grow, live in houses they didn't construct, etc... That's the hypocracy of it. If they are so hell bent on being pure and l33t, then why is there a different set of rules for other aspects of their lives?
You see, some of us actually want to use our computers for real work and not be chastised for wanting it to be relatively intuitive. If that means it takes 3 more seconds to boot, so be it.