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2007-07-19 13:14:37
Feeding the troll... again...
(Score:5, Informative)
by cp.tar (871488) on Thursday July 19, @05:23AM (#19911919)
Who has ever heard of a MAD RUSH to get the latest and greatest Linux
"distro" - wasn't there a new kernel release a month ago -- did anyone give a
rats arse --- nope!
Us Linux users are not mindless cattle to stampede the shops and get the latest
and greatest distro there.
Instead, we are gentlemen of leisure; our systems are updated via network as
soon as the new packages hit the server - we have no need to wait for them to
be burnt onto CDs, packaged in pretty boxes, delivered to stores and sold at
premium price, while we risk our lives in the stampede.
Then again, when you wait for a new version of your OS for five years or more,
it is understandable that you want to upgrade immediately; you have tested your
patience long enough. We, on the other hand, live upgrading what we choose,
when we choose; our patience is never tried, never tested, never gone.
Oh, yes. I nearly forgot. If we really really want the CDs with Linux on them
and can't afford to download the ISO, we simply order a bunch from Canonical
and have them delivered to our doorstep. And we chuckle when they arrive, for
we imagine you standing in line or stampeding the stores to get the bestest and
latest, while we sip our drinks and surf the net while our systems upgrade.
Keep your mad rushes. We don't need them, we don't want them.