You can recognize you’re dating a free software guy by:
- You know what Linux is (and not from reading the newspaper).
- You start to recognize names of free software projects.
- He can chat with you in whatever AIM you use (gTalk, MSN, ICQ…), and can do that simultaneously.
- When you say windows, he mumbles something.
- You started using Firefox.
- You suddenly realize that the internet has a lot of standards (and a lot of application/websites not using them).
- You started attending open source conferences.
And the #1 way is:
- Google returns more accurate reasults about your name and linux than only about your name.
Feel free to add other methods…
p.s.
For the more advanced couples:
- You start using Linux (dual boot or just Linux)
- You start translate / document free software applications.
Free Software Universe 
Nice … but sometimes not so true .
You know what su kernel and deb stands for
Your ” second part ” can talk more about software than on any other subject.
You can find more then 2^10 google results on his/here name (Don’t forget Meital 😉 ) .
you know what what are does magical numbers : 1024 , 2048 , 4096 ,…
And you what is 42 .
Hi,
It’s not just dating a free software guy, dating a free-software lass will lead to the same things.
James
Well… my ex-girfriend match nearly everything here (including using only linux on her desktop), and mainly from me…
but… errr, she is my [b]ex[/b]-girlfriend… 😦 ( for reasons totaly out of opensource I think except the big load of time in spend on my computer )
You just made me stop porting my girls to firefox.. \=
all you say it’s so true… I didn’t even notice that I did that…
s/dating a free software guy/dating a free software geek/ and add:
“they point their friends/family members to your google videos whenever asked what their partner is up to these days”
Congratulations! 😀
Reminds me of
http://xkcd.com/196/
and
http://xkcd.com/306/
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What alphascorpii said:
http://blog.alphascorpii.net/english/women/how-to-know.html
Great one 😉
One more:
* You started talking about Debian GNU/Linux to other people (Taken from my example ;))
nice one dude 🙂
I’m also reminded of xkcd, but this one rather than the ones mentioned above:
http://xkcd.com/322/