Pointer: blog post, "RANT: Is the Linux dream a myth?"

[blnchflr]

I came across this blog post in the openSUSE forums: RANT: Is the Linux dream a myth?

I've met a few characters that are living the Linux dream or at least claiming to. But here's the rub... is there anyone who's exclusively using it? I don't mean "I've got Linux installed on my USB stick" or "I dual boot". Is there anyone who is actually using Linux as there sole operating system. Booting into everyday to check their email, write their documents, develop their code, surf the web and yes.. play their games. I fear there is not.

Having used Linux exclusively for almost a year, and knowing people who've been Linux-exclusive for longer than that, not to mention MAC USERS, the author seems naive or sheltered. Which surprises me, as he's a coder - apparently I'm prejudiced about coders :o)

Comments

[blnchflr]

I tried googling, but I'm not really sure what the persistence file is?

[kirana]

That would be casper-rw, sorry. ^^' I call it the persistence file because, well, it creates persistence and allows me to make and saves changes to the OS! ^^ And, also, because I had to figure out why it wasn't showing up on my drive (apparently, Ubuntu 9.04 had a bug in its USB startup disk creator that failed to create the casper-rw file over a certain size).

[blnchflr]

I guess I should just try it out!