kryrinn
December 1st, 2007, 03:00 AM
[Note: I attend a small women's college. The techies are male]
Today, while said techies were attempting to repair my ethernet jack, I start up my computer to test and see if the connection is working yet. Boots up into Ubuntu.
Techie stares: "you're a woman? and you use UBUNTU?"
"yeah... there's actually several of us here that use ubuntu"
"I had to use that in tech school.. and you have to use binaries and packages and stuff. where did you learn to do that?"
"I've been using linux for several years now. If I have an issue, google works wonders."
"but, we have a win network! I didn't think you could use a linux computer with a win network! And you're the first person I've ever seen here with linux!"
"That'd be because my problem is with your win network, not my linux"
Obviously, this techie is not the most brilliant ever. but still. Out of 700 students, I know of 3, including myself, who use linux (and specifically, ubuntu). Which is not a lot, granted, but the fact that they've never seen anyone with linux would be representative that our computers never hit their desks for the whole "i downloaded something and it's spyware and I can't write my paper get rid of it now!" thing. (I know a guy locally who makes a killing just spending sundays on campus fixing everyone's comps).
But being so shocked that I can be a woman AND use ubuntu? argh.
Today, while said techies were attempting to repair my ethernet jack, I start up my computer to test and see if the connection is working yet. Boots up into Ubuntu.
Techie stares: "you're a woman? and you use UBUNTU?"
"yeah... there's actually several of us here that use ubuntu"
"I had to use that in tech school.. and you have to use binaries and packages and stuff. where did you learn to do that?"
"I've been using linux for several years now. If I have an issue, google works wonders."
"but, we have a win network! I didn't think you could use a linux computer with a win network! And you're the first person I've ever seen here with linux!"
"That'd be because my problem is with your win network, not my linux"
Obviously, this techie is not the most brilliant ever. but still. Out of 700 students, I know of 3, including myself, who use linux (and specifically, ubuntu). Which is not a lot, granted, but the fact that they've never seen anyone with linux would be representative that our computers never hit their desks for the whole "i downloaded something and it's spyware and I can't write my paper get rid of it now!" thing. (I know a guy locally who makes a killing just spending sundays on campus fixing everyone's comps).
But being so shocked that I can be a woman AND use ubuntu? argh.