From: Wayne Stallwood on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:30 AM
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 07:29, Graham Trott wrote:
However I think more people are willing to have a go at fixing their computer themselves, than start ripping their engine to bits. Not so sure why this is.
Actually I think I have it. Linux is not (currently) for everyone, it's for
isn't this were we started? ;o)
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This is why I think I use Linux, I can pull it apart and see how it works, better still I can modify it and put it back together again. It's not that I do this frequently it's that I CAN do this if I want.
Is that just me or are all Linux people like that ?
hmm.. you might have something there. When faced with the choice last night of either compiling with the safer 2.95 release of gcc or hacking the source code and getting it to work with gcc 3.3, I choose the latter. Didn't have to think about it much either. :o)
At the time I justified it by telling myself that taking the safe 2.95 route would have been one of James' Free Ride's (sorry, looks like your stuck with that one James :o) ) and that by compiling with 3.3 I was contributing in a small way by trying out the newer software, but, in reality, I was just having fun.
Regards,
Keith ____________ The best use of your mind is to distrust it. François Fénelon