So it's kind of funny to see how well Wade is pushing this gearhead term, which I think is a brilliant idea for KDE. It's starting to spread though, slowly, like a virus. I seen it popping up already a few times on #kde, and just today I found it in a sebas's email signature. So I figured I'd do the same and start to spread it around in this fashion. I think it works wonderfully in any context you would use the word hacker with respect to KDE: IE: hacker's conference --> gearhead's conference. But it can also be used to refer to KDE users... it is rather annoying to say "KDE User" each time you need to self-identify, but saying "Gearhead" might be enough, assuming it becomes used frequently enough.
As I was telling sebas, it feels like I'm involved in some sort of political propaganda campaign with this thing. Kind of get that tingly feeling like I'm in one some conspiracy that I get when reading books about liberal revolution, such as my personal favourite: "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein. I recommend reading it for anyone interested.
Cheers folks.
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