Yes, not everyone writes code but we all belong and we all test code.
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You mean adventure?
" An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered."
â G. K. Chesterton
Chesterton is right. The minor occasional inconveniences of using Linux, can, with the right attitude be seen as little adventures.
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Your wife is, of course, always right too.
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The picture says it all. Linux opens doors.
I think we are.My scientific background set me up for it. Most scientists are DIY types.
Hang on , Linux is only about 35 years old
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When my wife and I got married here in france we received a book from our mayor who carried out the ceremony, which is normal in france its called the book of families where the marriage is recorded, then as each child is born its recorded in the same book. Its like an extended marriage certificate.
Our village mayor is a personal friend so with his help a few days before, i doctored the book with post it notes which he read out at the ceremonyâŚ
Page one ⌠your wife is right,
Page two ⌠no matter what she is still right
Page three ⌠if in doubt see page one !
All done in french and on bright coloured post it notes.
Great laugh, but i am often reminded by her of the rules !
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Hi Bill, 
Thanks so much for the compliment. 
Of course I cannot speak for Sheila, but I turned 60 this year.
Wouldn´t know about âperpetually youngâ in my case.
Well, it´s still true for Sheila. 
I appreciate your kind words.
Many greetings from Rosika 
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Both of you are far younger than I am, Rosika, Iâm pretty sure. Nobody is older than I, except for Old Neville.
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Some things are difficult to understand, we have never met, i have never seen a photo of you, from your writing and our exchanges on the site I pictured a student around early 20s⌠living the dream
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After reading this entire thread (currently some 27 posts/replies), I agree with everything others have stated, and I would add that GNU/Linux allows me to make my computer look & feel the way I want it to, not to mention how it works. Even though I dual-boot GNU/Linux with Windows, and I find that Windows is far more restrictive in how I can control the look & feel of the OS, not to mention how it works, I still find pleasure in getting it to do my bidding, in spite of itâs limitations.
With al this said, at the end of the day, my Garuda-KDE-Lite installation gives me far more satisfaction in its use than Windows offers, and if Windows becomes too encumbered with unwanted AI âfeaturesâ, I may be dropping it myself. Iâm biding my time on that score, because with my current hardware, my computers donât support all the shiny new co-pilot features that require an NPU, so until M$ decides to make one of them a requirement for their OS, I may be able to live with the other limitations it encumbers me with.
Ernie
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I have no idea what a Windows culture might be like, but I imagine something like a âcargo cultâ where èverything is handed down in black boxes and what is handed down is out of your control.
A culture is an emergent propert of a community of like-minded people. If the common interest is receiving everything on a platter, you get that kind of a culture.
If the common interest is freedom and learning and helping, you get a Linux type of culture.
That is looking at it from outside. From inside it becomes emotional and personal. It is hard to look at the Linux world objectively, if you are in it.
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Hi again,
Thanks for your kind words, Bill.
I think age doesn´t matter at all in our forum. It´s the content and good will that count.
Thanks for this very nice compliment, Paul .
I´m feeling a bit younger now.
Many greetings from Rosika
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Me, young? @berninghausen LOL! I am older than @Rosika by 3 years 
Perhaps by comparison only?
Thank you, @Rosika . Maybe we are given that nomenclature because we attempt much with Linux? 
This site definitely defines Linux culture for me. I remember when I first heard about Linux and decided to switch, my husband wanted to know why anyone would produce all of this for free? At the time, I gave a half-hearted reply, ââŚbecause some people like doing great things for free!â
Years later, I can confirm this is true, but it goes much deeper than that. All of the above sentiments are factual in that Linux culture is a group of people, young and old, who create, learn and can assist others when needed. It is a spirit of community, made up of people around the world from different cultures and ethnicities who have a common bond in computing: the freedom to build a system, as simple or as complex as needed, by the individuals in that community.
Sheila
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Well said Sheila,
There are some people who work because they like creating things⌠all art is in that category, and computing, especially with free and open source software, is more of an art than a science.
Cooperation and creativity. They make a happy world.
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60 is not old, Rosika. Some of us are way ahead of you.
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Some days it feels it. 
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As a user of both GNU/Linux and Windows, I have essentially complete control over how my GNU/Linux system works/looks/feels, far more than I have in Windows. Windows users have developed Windows tweaking apps, but I donât use any of them. I rely on what Microsoft provides, along with tips from trusted sources, Bob Rankin and Leo Notonboom for the most part. additionally, I find that Windows is a lot more work to customize than my Garuda installation, with significantly less effect on my user experience. The main reason I keep using Windows is that when I get new hardware, it just works. Mainstream hardware manufacturers are not yet supporting GNU/Linux nearly as well as they do Windows. That is changing, bit by bit, but much more must change before Iâll be able to simply abandon Windows for once and all.
Ernie
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I am afraid hardware manufacturers, with some exceptions, have not embraced linux culture in the way users and software developers have.
Linux does fit some types of hardware better than windows⌠for example supercomputers and small embedded systems.
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Then following the demise of Windows 10, perhaps enough people will opt to switch to using GNU/Linux that our market share will increase enough so more of those companies will better support our OS. If nothing else, I can hope . . .
Ernie
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Odd. My Canon printer works great. My HP printers have all worked great. My Epson printer worked until the ink cartridges dried after a month and I threw it out. Monitors always work. Exactly what hardware doesnât work with Linux?
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Nvidia graphics cards, multiple monitors, bioses with secure login
They work but with a lot of fiddling of software.
I have heard that setting up audio and Wifi in Linux can have issues.
90% of the laptops or desktops you will find in the stores contain nvidia cards. Why?
AMD and Intel cards are equally good , better value for money , and suit Linux better.
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Thanks, Neville. Iâm too cheap to buy Nvidia cards or extra monitors. I usually just use whatâs in the box for sound and wifi, and that always works. My daily machine doesnât even have a bluetooth chip in it.
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