[SGVLUG] What kind of linux interest websites do you guys look at?

[David Lawyer]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 08:50:07AM -0700, Rae Yip wrote:
> Hello Kenny,
> 
> Sorry, but your objectification of women and your support for women
> Linux users are in conflict. Please read:
> 
> http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO.html#AEN168
> 
> In other words, don't treat women like sex objects. They want to be
> treated like normal people, and doing otherwise is a good reason for
> them to think Linux users are no fun to hang around.

I agree.  But you should realize that men are genetically programmed
to treat women as sex objects while women are not programmed like
this.  Instead they are programmed to be selective so that the men
they have sex with will be good at helping them raise children.  Men
and women are inherently this way due to evolution and survival.  So
it's only natural for men to treat women as sex objects and it's also
natural for women to resist this and object to it.

Why should Linux be any different than any other endeavor?  I think
most women are aware that many men will try to treat them as sex objects
and should realize that this is a natural phenomena which they need to
resist.  I don't think that Kenny's post was all that bad.  So he's
interested in girls and listed a url that contained the word "sexy".
So what.

Note that I was opposed to permitting this "Encourage Women in Linux
HOWTO" to be published.  It's counter-productive and not really a
Linux document.

> 
> You should treat this mailing list just like any other public venue;
> it's not just a "boys club", so please consider everyone's feelings.
> 
> -Rae.
> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Kenny Leao<shiningkenmonster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jason Riker
> >     jasonrkr at charter.net
> >
> >
> >
> >     Sun Jun 21 06:40:12 PDT 2009
> >
> > Kenny,
> >
> > Thanks for the list.  I'm always looking for new/good linux sites,
> > although, I'm not sure anything titled "chick-of-the-month" qualifies as
> >
> > a good "Tech" site (or is appropriate for a co-ed list), but I'm not the
> > Net Police, so..
> > ____________________________________
> >
> > Kenny writes: I was actually looking for good tech site to read about on
> > linux. plus, a Maxim magazine-like linux website.
> >
> >
> >
> > juanslayton @dslextreme.com
> >     juanslayton at dslextreme.com
> >
> >
> >     Sun Jun 21 19:13:00 PDT 2009
> >
> > Can't say much for anything Mac.  But this site has some very useful
> > information, and it's clear enough that even I can understand it.
> > http://www.linuxchix.org/courses.html
> >
> > John
> > _____________________________________________
> >
> > Kenny writes: Thanks for the website. that was the first website that pops
> > up on a google search. That website has more of informational approach.
> >
> > I was actually looking for more of a like Maxim magazine-linux interest
> > website to read about. I just find it fascinating that women uses unix/linux
> > and how they apply to it to their daily lives. Like, how they would use
> > GIMP, or Blender to create some fascinating artworks. or how they use
> > unix/linux machines to process to DNA genome sequencing.
> >
> > I just think more girls should start using linux. I just want to know if
> > they exist. Well, I want to read about them.
> >
> > kind of like these websites:
> >
> > http://www.idreamoflinux.com/2009/06/sexy-linux-girl.html
> >
> > (Mac interest)
> > http://macenstein.com/default/archives/1606
> >
> > http://macenstein.com/default/archives/1606/2
> >
> 
			David Lawyer