Greetings *, OK, at the risk of spamming the list with something of dubious comical merit that many of you have probably already seen... My brother-in-law ran across this, and thought of me. How kind. *I* hadn't seen it before, and I actually chuckled out loud a couple times. Here goes. --snip-- You know you're a Linux geek when... * When someone mentions "The Other OS," you think they are talking about FreeBSD. * You start using penguins in your Web site design. * You've programmed your spell checker to replace "knew" and "new" with "GNU." * When you find . -name "what" -type F| xargs grep "where"| cut -t "when"| grep who"> now! is a reality! * Every job interview that you go to becomes a session of Linux Advocacy. * You know over 20 different people by their uid on Slashdot, but have never met them in person. * When they saw "lie low" you think about booting Linux. * You keep track of your highest uptime, and try to break your record. * The only thing you ever do online is read the latest Linux news, Linux software releases, Linux HOW-TOs, usenet Linux threads, etc., etc. * You use /. as your homepage. * Typing 'locate Bitch' at the command line makes perfect sense. * You try to cat your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. * You can reconstruct your fstab from scratch, and not even think about it. * When in MS Word, you type :wq * You are hitting the TAB key in the DOS shell. * You feel patronized when your Wintel box at work asks you if you "really want to log out"? * You wish Windows had virtual desktops. * You enjoy getting fsck'd when your computer boots. * You know how to attain Enlightenment. * In Windows, you keep referring to your drives as /dev/hdx * Freeing the mallocs seems a worthier cause than freeing the whales. * You ask yourself why Windows 9x has a login screen with a Cancel button. * Someone tells you command line options for an application and you need toilet paper to write it down. * While at a hip party someone asks, "Hey wanna burn one?" You ask if they have a blank CD-R. * When other people talk about their exotic animals you think they're talking about O'Reilly books. * With the boot disk you're always carrying, a Debian and RedHat CD accompany. * You find the thought of rebooting after installing a piece of software utterly absurd. * Your definition of a tarball has nothing to do with fossil fuels. * When you hear the words "Fresh meat" you think of software. * You feel the desire to master vi. * You have more than 10 network services enabled on your home network. * You think "Microsoft" is a brand name for toilet paper. * The only time your computer reboots is to try out a new kernel. * You type "/" when trying to change directories in Windows. * You carry a Linux boot-floppy wherever you go. * You feel an undefined sense of shame when the advice you give on Windows 9x works. * You're on your first date and all you can think about is open source. * You dream of penguins. --snip-- Enjoy. -Tim -- Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org