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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:56:45 +0000
From: "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?
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On 21/12/06, Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D) <David.Nelson2@astrazeneca.com> wrote:
> > > All things considered, Mandrake is easier to install than
> > windoze any
> > > day. You think about it, you set up the drives, select ALL
> > the software
> > > you can fit and hit the install button. How easy is that? You only
> > > have to reboot once too. I counted six reboots the last time I
> > > installed XP for somebody. It took longer too. Then you
> > get to install
> > > the software you had to buy, including anti-virus, adware
> > protection,
> > > trojan watchers and all that.
> > >
> > > Yea, I pick Linux.
> Credit where credit is due, Windows XP improves over Windows 98 in that it doesnt dump you at a plan desktop with no drivers installed. They are making progress, and soon Windows may actually be ready for the desktop ;)
>
> David
>
Call me just-an-MS-hating-Grinch if you want to, but the thing I find
most frustrating about MS Windows is that for every advance they make
in one area, they take a step backwards in another! Yes, XP does come
with drivers, and does include a fire-and-forget installation option
for those that want it - but it also loses lots of drivers - i
remember having to get on the net on another machine because xp didn't
include a driver for a serially-attached external modem. Bah! Not to
mention that instead of hiding an "advanced" installation option which
lets you install on whichever drive you like, with whatever software
options you like, behind some sort of "curtain" - maybe, umm, I dunno,
a button marked "advanced installation"? - it instead /completely
removes the possibility of doing an advanced installation at all!
Poo!
Jeff
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