So I have been using Linux for a few days now and I love it, so much so that I am planning a full conversion off all my systems to Ubuntu when I get the time. A few things bother me though.

Linux, I have always thought, was home to the gifted, this was the place where people would teach you about creating little virtual machines, compilers and emulators in C. Customisation was king and nobody had the exact same installation.

What I have found so far though is a bunch of immature dolts who I equate to the equivalent of bullies who have so much hate for companies like Microsoft its not even funny. And to top it all of there is some guy named Richard Stallman who feels the best way to change how software is developed is to scare the crap out of anyone naive enough to listen.

Case in point is the hate towards mono. Now I moved to Linux to learn C, Python and maybe C++ if I get time since there aint much coming my way on the job front but I recognise the achievement the mono team have done and maybe hope to explore it in the future. This seems to be overlooked on Linux though, in fact there are many people who feel that mono is a great threat to Linux. In a land of choice I feel that some choices are not allowed but others are not. I sometimes feel like Linux software is analogues to Animal Farm some software is equal but some is more equal than others.

I'm not about to give up on Linux because of two reasons. The first is I feel it is a pretty neat operating system. It offers a nice mix of usability, customisation and exploration that I feel is needed for the average geek. The second is that the silent majority on Linux are actually extremely helpful and are more than willing to help you advance you knowledge of development (my chief interest).

It is an awful shame that the majority are silent. This has stopped me moving my GF and family to Linux. I feel that this is something that the community are eventually going to have to confront otherwise Linux may never reach the critical mass it is looking for.

Has anyone else found this?