[CS-FSLUG] The new enlightenment

["國產 Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar)"]

Morpheus: The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But
when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen,
teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are
trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that
system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of
these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so
inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to
protect it.

Morpheus: Do you believe in fate, Neo?

Neo: No.

Morpheus: Why not?

Neo: Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.

Morpheus: I know *exactly* what you mean. Let me tell you why you're
here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't
explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's
something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's
there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling
that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?


'Mash wrote:

>I am totally with you on that one. 
>Every now and then my Debian/Fluxbox laptop starts playing up
>and I look over and see my friends OSX powerbook and sigh. 
>Its just all so shiny and everything fits nicely together on the screen.
>All the windows and apps sit together nicely and the desktop is seamless.
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>But then I suddenly remember the control I have over everything I am 
>running, how I can tinker away with settings whenever I want and yes it may
>not look as good and it does irritate me that some apps use GTK and other GTK2 
>and everything doesn't all sit nicely together. 
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>But again when I turn my laptop on and it takes less then a minute to
>load my desktop,
>that I have keyboard shortcuts to everything I want to run, and that I
>have the power of
>a shell whenever I want. I slip into a sense of peace that I have
>built this machine to do
>what I want, when I want and with what is simple and just works. 
>
>I have started moving further and further away from bells and whistles
>and back to
>the UNIX philosophy of good tools. 
>To the point that I am starting to get into Emacs properly and will probably 
>start using it for my mail and news. I like the keyboard shortcuts and
>I still love white text on a black terminal window. 
>It is functional ridiculously quick and tends to give you only what
>you really need.
>
>Throw those mice away and start using your fingers again. joy !
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