[NCLUG] 'we have met the enemy, and he is us'

[Nicholas Lang]

not to support M$ or anything, but installing windows is actually
relitivly easy, compared to what you just said. (relativly meaning you
have the supported hardware to start with) then its just: insert cd, click
click...reboot, click click...and your done.

but I'm not saying redhat isn't easy, you just have to have supported
hardware as well, cause if you don't it can be a pain in the ass trying to
find a driver or find someway around getting your device to work.  (I know
I've had a hell of a time with my laptop, still a work in progress :(

this comming from a linux user of 3+ years, and still having fun

Nick

Free the heel and
the mind will follow

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Bill Thorson wrote:

> Dennis Clark wrote:
> 
> >
> >   I'd second that!  Linux programs seem to follow the guideline:
> > "geekware, by geeks, for geeks" and is somewhat hostile to the
> > average person that just wants to run software that ISN'T M$ based
> > and doesn't want to be a Linux environment specialist.  One of the
> > worst is the compiler setups.  I should not need to be a compiler
> > specialist to set up a development environment for coding on one
> > platform or another.  Even Redhat installations require quite a
> > bit of knowledge about the system hardware and software to get a
> > good install. 
> 
> This is just not true.  Redhat, Mandrake, Suse are all, very much,
> easier to install than Windows.
>     Linux:   put in CD, boot, click click click, CD2, click reboot DONE!
> 
>     Windows:  put in CD, boot, click click click, reboot, click click click
>          reboot, put in net driver CD, click click click, reboot, put in 
> scanner
>          CD, click click click reboot, put in printer CD, click click 
> click reboot,
>          put in CDRW CD, click click click reboot,....
> 
> The one and only way to make Windows easier to install for
> the average person is to avoid installing at all.  Hey how about we
> ship all computers worldwide with Windows pre-installed.  Then it
> will appear simple.  This is coming from a guy with over 20 years
> of UNIX and has installed unix from TK50 tape on Vax hardware.
> 
> > <conspiracy theory>
> >
> >   You know, I wonder if M$ is paying SCO to generate all this FUD just
> > to kill Linux in the corporate world?
> >
> > </conspiracy theory>
> 
> Duh?  I believe it was about 1 or 2 days after SCO filed against IBM
> that MS jumped up and agreed to pay SCO an undisclosed sum of
> money for UNIX rights.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
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