Linux is Not Windows
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- New: I wanted a new toy car, and everybody's raving about how great Lego cars can be. So I bought some Lego, but when I got home, I just had a load of bricks and cogs and stuff in the box. Where's my car??
- Old: You have to build the car out of the bricks. That's the whole point of Lego.
- New: What?? I don't know how to build a car. I'm not a mechanic. How am I supposed to know how to put it all together??
- Old: There's a leaflet that came in the box. It tells you exactly how to put the bricks together to get a toy car. You don't need to know how, you just need to follow the instructions.
- New: Okay, I found the instructions. It's going to take me hours! Why can't they just sell it as a toy car, instead of making you have to build it??
- Old: Because not everybody wants to make a toy car with Lego. It can be made into anything we like. That's the whole point.
- New: I still don't see why they can't supply it as a car so people who want a car have got one, and other people can take it apart if they want to. Anyway, I finally got it put together, but some bits come off occasionally. What do I do about this? Can I glue it?
- Old: It's Lego. It's designed to come apart. That's the whole point.
- New: But I don't want it to come apart. I just want a toy car!
- Old: Then why on Earth did you buy a box of Lego??
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