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    23 37.10%

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Looking through posts I noticed some people also offer advice with windows problems (ie dual booting). Just wondered how many people here are just Linux techies, or also know as ...
  1. 10-31-2005 #1
    ExpertBeginner
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    Linux techie, or Windows techie?

    Looking through posts I noticed some people also offer advice with windows problems (ie dual booting).

    Just wondered how many people here are just Linux techies, or also know as much about Windows?
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  2. 10-31-2005 #2
    jimbaloo
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    I use both windows and linux but don't think I know enough about either to be called a techie.
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  3. 10-31-2005 #3
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    I'm reasonably knowledgeable with MS Windows and Linux, but certainly more so toward Linux.
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  4. 10-31-2005 #4
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    I think I know more about Linux then I do about Windows (I'm talking internals now), but I also think, to be a Linux techie, you need to know a whole lot more than a Windows techie does about his OS. Just a thought though... But I do think it makes sense .

    I think when it comes to Windows, I could be called a techie, when it comes to Linux, an intermediate to advanced user (I hope so ).
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbaloo
    I use both windows and linux but don't think I know enough about either to be called a techie.
    That's how I feel as well. Other people perceive me as knowing a lot about both. In fact, I think I'm just good at solving problems.
    I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso
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  6. 10-31-2005 #6
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    same as jimbaloo, i tend to be more oriented towards linux, but dabble quite a bit in windows,mainly because kids use windows on their p.c.

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    Some people call me a Windows techie, but I don't. They just say because they don't know half of Windows lol.

    Anyway: I know a lot about Windows (mainly troubleshooting) and I'm just starting with Linux, so...

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  8. 10-31-2005 #8
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    I voted both. Most of my computing life (read as the last 10-15 years), I have been in windows...programming and a user, not to mention support at the companies I have worked.

    With linux, I have only been using (sounds funny) for 9-10 months...but I have been learning a ton and feel very comfortable at this point!
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    both although i tend to dislike working with quite a few windows techs (in particular the purely mcp ones with no other certs or qualifications or experiance)
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  10. 10-31-2005 #10
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    I've got an mcp and mcse...but that was years ago...before I saw the light (meaning linux)! :)
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