does linux have an impact on your social life?

[yesitsme]

well because ever since i started using linux a lot of my friends dont talk to me because i cant play cod4 online with them on pc. and some of the online ones said im a ""trator"" just because i dont use windows.
its also weird because my friends from school use msn and my msn isnt as good as theres and so sending pics and stuff is slow and i cant draw in msn. but i dont care about that stuff anyway and think there just being dumb about it........ but i have thout about putting on windows just because they complain about it so much. so what about you?

[NoaHall]

No. My friends acknowledge that GNU/Linux is faster than Windows, but do not use it, because they fear I will hack them. Obviously, because I just sit around wanting to hack people all day long. It's not like I've got things to do or anything.

[koleoptero]

My friends are jealous of me being able to use linux, but it hasn't affected my social life.

If your friends base your friendship on using windows and playing cod4 then they're a poor example of a friend.

[Tibuda]

If your friends base your friendship on using windows and playing cod4 then they're a poor example of a friend.

+1

Make some new friends based on some other affinity like music or a place you like to go. Not a game.

[hoppipolla]

Linux seems to have the ability to kill my social circles! I was round a group of friends at the pub a few nights ago and I said something Linux or KDE related I can't remember what it was (it was actually across the table to another friend of mine who also loves Ubuntu) and man the table went DEAD! So I made a point of never mentioning it again! xD

[gashcr]

My friends are jealous of me being able to use linux, but it hasn't affected my social life.

If your friends base your friendship on using windows and playing cod4 then they're a poor example of a friend.

+1

friends should be your friends, no matter what... even more software...

Concerning my social life... it's never been so good, so it doesn't matter. I'm just "the geek" in my friend's group

[Jesus_Valdez]

I have miss a couple of beers because I rather do an upgrade, but nothing too serious.

[Ichtyandr]

some of my friends get interested in the ubuntu, and two of them who installed it at their home computers/laptops now consider it the coolest os in the world
otherwise I like the idea of humanity as my desktop, as it is imho intrinsically more social than the corporate appearance of windows and ego/emo type mac posture

[Tibuda]

Linux seems to have the ability to kill my social circles! I was round a group of friends at the pub a few nights ago and I said something Linux or KDE related I can't remember what it was (it was actually across the table to another friend of mine who also loves Ubuntu) and man the table went DEAD! So I made a point of never mentioning it again! xD

delete.

sorry, misunderstood you. english is not my first language.

[ericmc783]

Forgive me if im wrong, but you sound like someone fairly young, and in school.

Teenagers seem to have a syndrome where anything thats "different" from the norm, status quo, etc. is to be laughed at and made fun of. they may laugh at you using linux, because its soo different and "weird" and don't understand why anyone would want to use it.

And yes, not playing the same games, or using the same software, is a stupid thing to lose friends over. Maybe they really aren't friends.