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-A user of the MicrosoftWindows platform. Usually much less fanatical than a MacFanatic, using Windows out
of necessity. Quite a few
have some secret desire to
use Linux
.
+A user of the MicrosoftWindows platform. The vast majority
of them
have absolutely no interest in computers and
use them because they have or need to
.
-However there are very vocal crowds
of [
WindowsUser]
s who fear the CommandLine and believe [MicrosoftCorporation]'s products
and their clickety [GUI]s are the epitome
of user friendliness
. This tends to be especially true for the "gamers" faction among
them. They would probably be [
MacFanatic]
s if
they had been introduced to that line of computers before
they got used to
the way Windows does things and formed enough habits and inertia to despise
every system that does things another way
.
+A small number
of WindowsUser~
s does have an interest in computers
and enjoys
their particular OperatingSystem
of choice
. (See also WellThoughtOutReasonsToRunWindows.) Some of
them have similar fervor as
MacFanatic~
s. Others are reasoned and go about their business; those are few, but
they do exist, and
they and (sensible) [Linux] folk get along. (Of course, sensible folk are
the minority in ''
every'' camp
.)
-Do not try
to argue
with folks
of this ilk
.
+There is a significant faction of WindowsUser~s who simply found their way
to computers
with that OperatingSystem and have developed an interest in them, but have a number
of frustrations with the system. Quite a few of this group have a desire to use [Linux]; commonly, they are intimidated either by the system itself or the effort they assume will be required to learn the ropes on this new thing. (To some extent,
this is justified, because LinuxIsNotWindows
.)
-Quite a few
of them will eventually discover some
[KDE
] app or some such that does what their most frequently used MicrosoftWindows app does
, in a similar way. Upon
that moment, many
of them are likely
to spontaneously turn into
the worst kind [Linux] know-it-alls (with no actual knowledge
to show for their zealotry). It seems as though [Slashdot] is a central gathering place for this particular breed of [Luser]
.
+And then, there are very vocal crowds
of WindowsUser~s who fear the CommandLine and believe MicrosoftCorporation's products and their clickety
[GUI
]s are the epitome of user friendliness. This tends to be especially true for the "gamers" faction among them. They might have been MacFanatic~s
, had they been introduced to
that line
of computers before they got used
to the way Windows does things and formed enough habits and inertia
to despise every system that does things another way
.
-Again, never
argue with them
.
+Do not try to
argue with folks of this ilk
.
-Fortunately, at least a minority
of them seems to
eventually develop
some knowhow and mellow out through constant exposure to
[Linux].
+A small but significant fraction
of them will
eventually discover
some [KDE] app or some such that does what their most frequently used MicrosoftWindows app does, in a similar way. Upon that moment, they spontaneously turn into the worst kind
[Linux] know-it-alls (with no actual knowledge to show for their zealotry). It seems as though [Slashdot] is a central gathering place for this particular breed of [Luser
].
-__''or''__
+Again, never argue with them.
-Someone who wants their computer to be a tool
, not
a chore
.
+Fortunately
, at least
a minority of them seem to eventually develop some knowhow and mellow out through constant exposure to [Linux]
.
