Comments on: French Fries and Tux Troubles http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/07/23/french-fries-and-tux-troubles/ The Adventures of JR, Jenny, Olivia, Molly, Violet, and Red. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: drozmonkey http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/07/23/french-fries-and-tux-troubles/#comment-91 drozmonkey Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:29:16 +0000 http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/07/23/french-fries-and-tux-troubles/#comment-91 <p>Very true that Windows vs. Mac is a different discussion than whether Linux is a viable choice for the average home user. Also, for everyone else's benefit I'll let you in on Darin's humor, there just so happens to be an orphaned Mac next to my desk at work. </p> <p>And to Dad... LOL., and to think that today on NPR I heard a story about a parent who is able to connect more with her daughter by reading her blog than by talking. I guess we just aren't there yet, maybe my next post will help. But the translation of the post is that if you really want to catch fish, go with a Zebco 33 with a bobber and a worm, not a fancy reel and lure which will end up stuck in the weeds and untangling line, like me with Linux. You can't catch fish if you don't have your pole in the water or an OS installed on your computer. And to let everyone in on my father's humor, it is a pun on "ethernet" and <a href="http://www.thedumplingnews.com/recipes/jaternice.htm">jaternice</a> (sounds similar in Czech) which is a traditional Czech recipe which you may not be so willing to try after you find out what is in it.</p> Very true that Windows vs. Mac is a different discussion than whether Linux is a viable choice for the average home user. Also, for everyone else’s benefit I’ll let you in on Darin’s humor, there just so happens to be an orphaned Mac next to my desk at work.

And to Dad… LOL., and to think that today on NPR I heard a story about a parent who is able to connect more with her daughter by reading her blog than by talking. I guess we just aren’t there yet, maybe my next post will help. But the translation of the post is that if you really want to catch fish, go with a Zebco 33 with a bobber and a worm, not a fancy reel and lure which will end up stuck in the weeds and untangling line, like me with Linux. You can’t catch fish if you don’t have your pole in the water or an OS installed on your computer. And to let everyone in on my father’s humor, it is a pun on "ethernet" and jaternice (sounds similar in Czech) which is a traditional Czech recipe which you may not be so willing to try after you find out what is in it.

]]> By: Norman http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/07/23/french-fries-and-tux-troubles/#comment-90 Norman Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:00:51 +0000 http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/07/23/french-fries-and-tux-troubles/#comment-90 Good Lord! Am I related to you? You know how well I soaked up that whole discussion. How do you decide what bait to put on a hook when you go fishing? You just look at the water and decide what you want to catch, right? At least I knew what the ethernectchi thing is, right! Dad.:) Good Lord! Am I related to you? You know how well I soaked up that whole discussion. How do you decide what bait to put on a hook when you go fishing? You just look at the water and decide what you want to catch, right? At least I knew what the ethernectchi thing is, right! Dad.:)

]]> By: Darin http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/07/23/french-fries-and-tux-troubles/#comment-89 Darin Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:30:02 +0000 http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/07/23/french-fries-and-tux-troubles/#comment-89 ah the joys of Linux. I went thru a similar experiment in college, and it never really came off either. But the Linux vs. Windows thing is not really the same thing as the mac vs. Windows argument. I use a mac at home - its like the positive parts of linux + "it just works". So maybe we can find an orphaned mac for you to take home and you can avoid that super-sized meal :) ah the joys of Linux. I went thru a similar experiment in college, and it never really came off either. But the Linux vs. Windows thing is not really the same thing as the mac vs. Windows argument. I use a mac at home - its like the positive parts of linux + “it just works”. So maybe we can find an orphaned mac for you to take home and you can avoid that super-sized meal :)

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