RAV TUX
October 27th, 2007, 11:45 PM
So last night My wife and I had a "play" date with one of her girlfriends.
Her friend is really cool so we had a great time.
I was just reflecting on something that happened Last night.
Before she came over, she asked if we had Internet. (Reasonable question, since we don't own a television. I haven't owned a TV in about 15 years, and the whole time my wife and I have been married 7+ years we have not owned a TV.)
So we have two primary computers,
1. My desktop with a large screen and e17 Xubuntu...
2. My wifes Notebook/tablet with Windows XP 2005 Tablet Edition.
(3. Third computer-PC-BSD...old computer not plugged in and the bunnies ate through the mouse cord, 3rd time this has happened ;) )
She wanted to show us some of her friends videos on YouTube, and while we have the surround sound speakers hooked up to my wife's computer she wanted to use mine instead with the large screen.
I was overjoyed but didn't give it much thought, honestly.There was NO decision about OS's.
She mainly asked me to be the "Soundman" and hook up the surround sound speakers to my computer. Of course this I did relatively quickly.
...and we proceeded to have fun.
At first she noticed a hardware difference with my Razer Copperhead Mouse that is super sensitive and fast. If you have used a Razer Mouse you know what I am talking about.
Then the Desktop, she found both Opera and Firefox quickly. She choose Opera over Firefox but only because I think the icon was more familiar to her. I don't use the standard Firefox icon.
I let her start in Opera but switched to Firefox(my choice).
Anyway sometime during the process she asked "What is this?" "Is This Apple?"
I replied, "No, it's Linux"...
She replied: "Oh...You're one of those people"
I didn't pay much attention to this reply at the time because we were all having too much fun playing computer.
I did briefly say that, "specifically it's e17 in Xubuntu"...after the preceding discourse, but I new that this was a silly thing to say.
Anyway we played for what seemed like hours but was probably much shorter.
Today I was reflecting back on this and it kind of stuck me odd, in a good kind of way.
1. That here was an introduction to her of an unfamiliar OS, that she intuitively knew was not Windows, her logically guess was; "is this Apple?"
Which told me she was not an Apple user, probably was a Windows user and not a Linux user.
2. The cool thing was that she actually thought that e17 Xubuntu was Apple. Wish is a huge compliment of sorts.
3. The only thing that was uncomfortable for her was the way I have my virtual desktops set up 3x3, which you mouse over into by touching the edge of the screens. I quickly changed this to one desktop, instead of tweaking the mouse settings. All was good after that. I think I will keep it this way.
4. I never asked her what she thought about it, because it was obvious that she was having too much fun sharing her online fun stuff with us. She was able to use everything quickly and enjoyably.
5. What I found especially odd and funny was when she said, "oh...You're one of those people". I took this as an incredible compliment, even though I realize today I am not sure what she meant. ;)
You also have to realize she has an incredibly gifted sense of humor, so what may seem like a Jab, was more in fun. I understand and love her sense of humor.
6. I almost forgot, she put my Firefox to the test, and opened about 20 tabs with YouTube videos, and froze my Firefox. Ok she was having fun with me on this one. She obviously has used both Firefox and Opera before, I suspect in Windows.
(I should also note in here that her Dad works for IBM)
Anyway, just reflecting and sharing. How I had a "Linux" moment without trying to push Linux at all. I was quite pleased that she found e17 Xubuntu very natural, and easy and fun overall.
Her friend is really cool so we had a great time.
I was just reflecting on something that happened Last night.
Before she came over, she asked if we had Internet. (Reasonable question, since we don't own a television. I haven't owned a TV in about 15 years, and the whole time my wife and I have been married 7+ years we have not owned a TV.)
So we have two primary computers,
1. My desktop with a large screen and e17 Xubuntu...
2. My wifes Notebook/tablet with Windows XP 2005 Tablet Edition.
(3. Third computer-PC-BSD...old computer not plugged in and the bunnies ate through the mouse cord, 3rd time this has happened ;) )
She wanted to show us some of her friends videos on YouTube, and while we have the surround sound speakers hooked up to my wife's computer she wanted to use mine instead with the large screen.
I was overjoyed but didn't give it much thought, honestly.There was NO decision about OS's.
She mainly asked me to be the "Soundman" and hook up the surround sound speakers to my computer. Of course this I did relatively quickly.
...and we proceeded to have fun.
At first she noticed a hardware difference with my Razer Copperhead Mouse that is super sensitive and fast. If you have used a Razer Mouse you know what I am talking about.
Then the Desktop, she found both Opera and Firefox quickly. She choose Opera over Firefox but only because I think the icon was more familiar to her. I don't use the standard Firefox icon.
I let her start in Opera but switched to Firefox(my choice).
Anyway sometime during the process she asked "What is this?" "Is This Apple?"
I replied, "No, it's Linux"...
She replied: "Oh...You're one of those people"
I didn't pay much attention to this reply at the time because we were all having too much fun playing computer.
I did briefly say that, "specifically it's e17 in Xubuntu"...after the preceding discourse, but I new that this was a silly thing to say.
Anyway we played for what seemed like hours but was probably much shorter.
Today I was reflecting back on this and it kind of stuck me odd, in a good kind of way.
1. That here was an introduction to her of an unfamiliar OS, that she intuitively knew was not Windows, her logically guess was; "is this Apple?"
Which told me she was not an Apple user, probably was a Windows user and not a Linux user.
2. The cool thing was that she actually thought that e17 Xubuntu was Apple. Wish is a huge compliment of sorts.
3. The only thing that was uncomfortable for her was the way I have my virtual desktops set up 3x3, which you mouse over into by touching the edge of the screens. I quickly changed this to one desktop, instead of tweaking the mouse settings. All was good after that. I think I will keep it this way.
4. I never asked her what she thought about it, because it was obvious that she was having too much fun sharing her online fun stuff with us. She was able to use everything quickly and enjoyably.
5. What I found especially odd and funny was when she said, "oh...You're one of those people". I took this as an incredible compliment, even though I realize today I am not sure what she meant. ;)
You also have to realize she has an incredibly gifted sense of humor, so what may seem like a Jab, was more in fun. I understand and love her sense of humor.
6. I almost forgot, she put my Firefox to the test, and opened about 20 tabs with YouTube videos, and froze my Firefox. Ok she was having fun with me on this one. She obviously has used both Firefox and Opera before, I suspect in Windows.
(I should also note in here that her Dad works for IBM)
Anyway, just reflecting and sharing. How I had a "Linux" moment without trying to push Linux at all. I was quite pleased that she found e17 Xubuntu very natural, and easy and fun overall.