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   From: Xunil Resu    
   Subject: Re: Hardware and system info in Kubuntu?   
   Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:00:45 +0100   
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   On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:42:23 +0100, Sybren Stuvel wrote:   
      
   >> Thanks, but all I get is "command not found".   
   >    
   > Then you might want to install it first ;-)   
      
   I saw this in another newsgroup:   
      
      
   I participate in several groups and have a few hobbies.  I have worked   
   in the computer field since 1983.  I don't tend to see the   
   proliferation of self righteous know-it-all in any of my hobby   
   related, or home diy related, or car fixit related areas as I do in   
   any of the computer related areas I partake in.  Sure, there will be   
   some light ball busting, but not the "you're an idiot for not reading"   
   or "how could you be so stupid" comments you get in computer groups,   
   or workplace for that matter.   
      
   I have always thought that the guys (and it is always men) that act   
   this way are the ones that, due to their nerdiness,  were picked on a   
   lot in school and are horribly insecure about anything else in life.   
   Now they have an area where they can finally look down on the the   
   "cool kids" and abuse it.  Of course, Linux users would be the extreme   
   example of people like this.  I came to this field a little later in   
   life and in my first job was the recipient of exactly this kind of   
   abuse from a couple of managers.  They would enjoy laughing at my   
   questions, very demeaning.  I have never forgotten that and go out of   
   my way to never make a new guy (or gal) feel that way.  But to this   
   day, I still see it around me in the workplace.   
      
      
   I am afraid there is an element of truth in there, and you confirm it.   
      
   Xunil Resu   
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