“I have always had a very hard time explaining to my friends and
my co-workers why I bother with Linux. They all know that I keep
Windows on my machine(for games, mostly), and that most of the user
interface in Linux is not particularity well-configured. After all,
I’m usually too busy playing games to spend hours tweaking(and
sometimes destroying) configuration files :)”
“So, sitting in my favorite seat one day, reading a newspaper, I
ran across a full-page ad for a car dealership. Drooling over these
ads as I usually do, I noticed that automatic transmission is an
option that takes a fair bite out of a student’s wallet. I myself
drive a manual transmission car, but I’m not adverse to driving an
automatic. Personally, I don’t think it makes a whole lot of
difference.”
“This analogy applies well the the Windows/Linux choice, I
believe.”