My coworkers would call this "geeky".

[estirose]

I'm reading/following a guide on xda-developers called "[GUIDE] Lazyman's installation guide to ADB on Ubuntu 10.10 - Now with Ubuntu 11.10 !"

(Long story short, I'm preparing to root my Transformer - which probably doesn't tell people much, but I bought an Android tablet specifically so I could tinker with it. Rooting will allow me to do more tinkering than I can right now.)

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[reka]

The question is, when your coworkers call it geeky, do they mean it positively or negatively?

Tinkering is fun, but I don't have the skills to tinker like that, alas. I really admire your skills. What are you hoping to do with it?

[estirose]

That's a good question. I think there's some of both mixed in; the societal perception of geeks as nerds still stands, and so there's a reaction of "That's amazing! But I think it's kind of strange." Not necessarily in words, but in feelings and expressions.

I'm hoping to be able to use a command line - something I like to be able to do - and take a look around (very carefully not modifying anything unless I know dang well what I'm doing). I'll be installing some software that will let me have more options for recovery, and also I'm planning on installing what's more or less a virtual version of Ubuntu Linux. (While I love Android, there's some stuff it doesn't do well, like web development.)