Anyone had people at the word 'ubuntu'

[JermainWijnhard]

Far too often, when i'm behind my laptop I get a conversation like this:

- Whats that?
- It's linux, i like it better than windows
- ooh i heared about that.. whats kind is it?
- Kubuntu
- *giggle* thats funny 'kooooboooontoooooo' hehe

As soon as they hear the word, they start going into beavis and buthead mode, assume the developers are cannibals in africa and assume anything with a name like that has to be sub-windows.

It annoys me because anything i say about *ubuntu afterwards is overshadowed by the stereotype african people visualize.

Does anyone feel my pain here? anyone?

[LaRoza]

I have said Ubuntu many times in front of the less informed. I never had a reaction like that.

[JermainWijnhard]

Methinks i need more friends like yours ><
I get that kind of reply more often than that I don't.

[santiagoward2000]

Personally, I make sure to show them my cube first, so they won't even pay attention to what it's called. ;)

[FuturePilot]

I've never had that reaction. Even from people who have never heard of it before. But my friends know that I'm a crazy Linux geek:lolflag:

[JermainWijnhard]

Personally, I make sure to show them my cube first, so they won't even pay attention to what it's called. ;)

I should do that, after i get it running hehe, i'll google for a how-to after work >.>

[MalfunctioningMartian]

I live in Africa where Ubuntu (the word) is accepted rather well .