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On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 19:55:43 +0100 comrade meowski <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 28/09/2020 13:12, David Bell wrote: > > Haha, nice try nerd! A little too free with the term nerd. As I said I am a home user. I do not eat, live and sleep Linux, never have, nor am I an evangelist. Does using MS Windows in a like manner make one nerd? > > For a start you're on a Linux mailing list discussing the relative > merits of Chromebooks. Relative to what - MS windows or Linux? > > And this: > > > I am not a Linux nerd > > Is directly contradicted by this: > > > merely a long standing home user. My home > > built PCs (plus the odd laptop now and again) are loaded with > > Debian, using a net-install plus "non-free" drivers version which > > gives me a hassle free choice in how and what I download. Result - > > a happy bunny over many years. Substitute Windows for Debian, and am I still a nerd in your eyes, like hundreds of thousands of others who build their own PCs. > You're probably rearranging your collection of vintage Linux manuals > and discussing the relative merits of Reverse Polish notation via IRC > as we speak :] I have only two Linux manuals, recently bought in order to understand CL. Never used IRC - probably can't type fast enough anyway! David -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq