You do that because nobody told you what they were for, they just were.
I do that because I've seen previous examples of these things, often cases of solving a real problem, and then go from there.
Yes there are times I see some set of tools and just mess with them and make stuff up, but really I only have so many hours in a day for that and other things.
FWIW I think most people dive into Linux because they already had an idea of what they expected it to do for them.
Perhaps Xiki really can do assorted cool and novel things. Or maybe it just does familiar things in a cool way. That's much less interesting to me.
I do that because I've seen previous examples of these things, often cases of solving a real problem, and then go from there.
Yes there are times I see some set of tools and just mess with them and make stuff up, but really I only have so many hours in a day for that and other things.
FWIW I think most people dive into Linux because they already had an idea of what they expected it to do for them.
Perhaps Xiki really can do assorted cool and novel things. Or maybe it just does familiar things in a cool way. That's much less interesting to me.