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I ve read the following funny article on Linux World and I think it is worth reading.
General geek calories
* GNOME/GTK calories
* Adopting the latest user interface design philosophy for GNOME/GTK: 100 calories
* Switching to the latest user interface design philosophy for GNOME/GTK from a previous one: 500 calories
* Keeping up to date with the latest design philosophy for GNOME/GTK: 7,300 calories
* Keeping up to date with the latest default window manager for GNOME/GTK: 11,800 calories
* Programming a simple utility for GTK/GNOME: 700 calories
* Figuring out which APIs to use for the GTK/GNOME program: 3,100 calories
* Figuring out which versions of the myriad of GTK/GNOME dependent libraries you have installed: 7,500 calories
* Keeping the libraries up to date without introducing incompatibilities and instability: 15,900 calories
* KDE/Qt calories
* Enjoying the features of Konqueror: 3 calories
* Waiting for Konqueror to offer features found in Mozilla and other browsers like easily managed tabs, password management: 72,300 calories
* Installing and using Karamba: 300 calories
* Keeping up with the changes in Karamba: 7,300 calories
* Following the license arguments of anti-Qt or anti-Troll Tech people: 1,700 calories
* Caring about the license arguments of anti-Qt or anti-Troll Tech people: 12,200 calories
* SCO calories
* Reading yet another SCO vs. Linux story: 70 calories
* Writing yet another SCO vs. Linux story: 500 calories
* Looking for substance in McBride or Sontag quotes: 1,500 calories
* Reading yet another SCO story without laughing or screaming: 3,000 calories
* Giving up looking for substance: 0.00001 calorie
* Counting the number of targets SCO has in sight: 2,300 calories
* Predicting who SCO will sue next: 0.003 calories (virtually any guess is likely to be true)
* Number of calories likely to be spent formatting hard drives to remove AIX: 0
* Gentoo Linux calories
* Installing Gentoo for the first time: 3,700 calories
* Installing Gentoo for the second time: 200 calories
* Compiling and installing most software on Gentoo Linux: 30 calories
* Updating most installed software on Gentoo Linux: 6 calories
* Tapping fingers waiting for GNOME or KDE to compile on Gentoo Linux: 1,200 calories
* Tapping fingers waiting for an rsync server to become available: 4,700 calories
* Tapping fingers waiting for OpenOffice to compile properly on Gentoo: 2,300 calories
* Smacking head against wall after you find out there's a binary version available: 6,200 calories
* Debian GNU/Linux calories
* Installing Debian GNU/Linux for the first time: 300 calories
* Installing Debian GNU/Linux for the second time: 300 calories
* Getting used to apt-get: 200 calories
* Enjoying apt-get: 0.0004 calories
* Getting used to using 3-year-old versions of software: 1,100 calories
* Upgrading to the unstable branch of Debian in order to get newer software: 40 calories
* Listening to people tell you every problem you have is your own fault because you're using the unstable branch: 7,200 calories
* Resolving conflicts between official Debian packages and unofficial Debian packages: 700 calories
* Reading the Debian maintainer messages in the bug lists without getting annoyed at the childish behavior: 11,500 calories
* Asking why Debian calls it GNU/Linux: 2 calories
* Explaining to someone why Debian calls it GNU/Linux: 30 calories
* Listening to Richard Stallman explain why it's GNU/Linux: 3,000 calories
* Microsoft calories
* Reading yet another Microsoft-originated anti-open source article: 500 calories
* Reading yet another article on why Windows total cost of ownership (TCO) is lower than Linux TCO: 700 calories
* Believing that Windows TCO is lower than Linux TCO: 91,000 calories
* Seeing the connections between Microsoft and SCO in the anti-Linux campaign: 7 calories
* Pretending there's no connection between Microsoft and SCO in the anti-Linux campaigns: 3,100 calories
* Finding the monopolistic motive behind everything Microsoft does: 0.0000007 calories
General geek calories
* GNOME/GTK calories
* Adopting the latest user interface design philosophy for GNOME/GTK: 100 calories
* Switching to the latest user interface design philosophy for GNOME/GTK from a previous one: 500 calories
* Keeping up to date with the latest design philosophy for GNOME/GTK: 7,300 calories
* Keeping up to date with the latest default window manager for GNOME/GTK: 11,800 calories
* Programming a simple utility for GTK/GNOME: 700 calories
* Figuring out which APIs to use for the GTK/GNOME program: 3,100 calories
* Figuring out which versions of the myriad of GTK/GNOME dependent libraries you have installed: 7,500 calories
* Keeping the libraries up to date without introducing incompatibilities and instability: 15,900 calories
* KDE/Qt calories
* Enjoying the features of Konqueror: 3 calories
* Waiting for Konqueror to offer features found in Mozilla and other browsers like easily managed tabs, password management: 72,300 calories
* Installing and using Karamba: 300 calories
* Keeping up with the changes in Karamba: 7,300 calories
* Following the license arguments of anti-Qt or anti-Troll Tech people: 1,700 calories
* Caring about the license arguments of anti-Qt or anti-Troll Tech people: 12,200 calories
* SCO calories
* Reading yet another SCO vs. Linux story: 70 calories
* Writing yet another SCO vs. Linux story: 500 calories
* Looking for substance in McBride or Sontag quotes: 1,500 calories
* Reading yet another SCO story without laughing or screaming: 3,000 calories
* Giving up looking for substance: 0.00001 calorie
* Counting the number of targets SCO has in sight: 2,300 calories
* Predicting who SCO will sue next: 0.003 calories (virtually any guess is likely to be true)
* Number of calories likely to be spent formatting hard drives to remove AIX: 0
* Gentoo Linux calories
* Installing Gentoo for the first time: 3,700 calories
* Installing Gentoo for the second time: 200 calories
* Compiling and installing most software on Gentoo Linux: 30 calories
* Updating most installed software on Gentoo Linux: 6 calories
* Tapping fingers waiting for GNOME or KDE to compile on Gentoo Linux: 1,200 calories
* Tapping fingers waiting for an rsync server to become available: 4,700 calories
* Tapping fingers waiting for OpenOffice to compile properly on Gentoo: 2,300 calories
* Smacking head against wall after you find out there's a binary version available: 6,200 calories
* Debian GNU/Linux calories
* Installing Debian GNU/Linux for the first time: 300 calories
* Installing Debian GNU/Linux for the second time: 300 calories
* Getting used to apt-get: 200 calories
* Enjoying apt-get: 0.0004 calories
* Getting used to using 3-year-old versions of software: 1,100 calories
* Upgrading to the unstable branch of Debian in order to get newer software: 40 calories
* Listening to people tell you every problem you have is your own fault because you're using the unstable branch: 7,200 calories
* Resolving conflicts between official Debian packages and unofficial Debian packages: 700 calories
* Reading the Debian maintainer messages in the bug lists without getting annoyed at the childish behavior: 11,500 calories
* Asking why Debian calls it GNU/Linux: 2 calories
* Explaining to someone why Debian calls it GNU/Linux: 30 calories
* Listening to Richard Stallman explain why it's GNU/Linux: 3,000 calories
* Microsoft calories
* Reading yet another Microsoft-originated anti-open source article: 500 calories
* Reading yet another article on why Windows total cost of ownership (TCO) is lower than Linux TCO: 700 calories
* Believing that Windows TCO is lower than Linux TCO: 91,000 calories
* Seeing the connections between Microsoft and SCO in the anti-Linux campaign: 7 calories
* Pretending there's no connection between Microsoft and SCO in the anti-Linux campaigns: 3,100 calories
* Finding the monopolistic motive behind everything Microsoft does: 0.0000007 calories