Derek Bodner’s Blog

Found this on Kenny’s LiveJournal page.

From GNOME to KDE and back again: old computing habits are hard to break.

Amen. You don’t realize it until you actually sit down and think about it. You think you’re better than your average computer user, because you make your living working on them. But in the end, we’re all set in our ways. I remember when I switched to Xfce at the recommendation of a friend (previously mentioned Kenny), and at first I rejected it and went back with gnome. After winning me over and using Xfce 4.4+ for 1.5 years, it would be incredibly hard to get me away from my current setup. Not because there aren’t other viable options, but because this is what I know. This is what I’m used to. This is what I like.

As much as I sometimes push people to use what I like, you sometimes forget that they have their own preferences and habits as well. You can make recommendations to someone who’s looking to change, but you cannot change someone who’s happy.

My former supervisor:

Nascar Driver:

I nearly thought my former boss was on ESPN for a few seconds.