Linux, because it's fun...

An ode to Linux, I don't know where this comes from or who to attribute it to but  there is more than a ring of truth to it.

We tell people we use Linux because it's secure

Or because it's free, because it's customisable,

because it's free (the other meaning),

because it has excellent community support.

But all of that is just marketing bullshit.

We tell that to non-Linuxers because

they wouldn't understand the real reason.

And when we say those false reason enough, 

we might even start to believe them ourselves.

We use Linux because it's fun!

It's fun to tinker with your system

It's fun to change all the settings,

break the system, then have to go to recovery mode

to repair it. It's fun to have over a hundred distros

to choose from. It's fun to use the command line.

Let me say that again.

It's fun to use the command line.

No wonder non-Linuxers wouldn't understand.

The point with us Linux fans is

we use Linux for its own sake.

Sure, we like to get work done.

Sure, we like to be secure from viruses.

Sure, we like to save money.

But those are only the side-effects.

What we really like is playing with the system.

Looking around, and discovering completely pointless

yet fascinating facts about the OS.