On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 06:47:52PM -0400, Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
> Martin Ling wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 04:16:22PM -0400, Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
> > >
> > > As I have stated, the fact is that the only version of linux that is anywhere
> > > near being as easy to install as windows [snip] is the Corel release
> >
> > This is a subjective judgement. Personally I find it the *hardest*.
> >
> > Why, just because I wanted to argue my "it's subjective" point?
> >
> > No, because the install simply fails to work on many machines.
>
> Please specify such machines.
Out of six machines I tried, two failures. All were machines with
supported hardware, which had successfully installed other
distributions.
I do know from LUG mailing lists that others have had more problems than
usual - but as I said before, I don't pass on rumours.
> > > (and thus the only one qualified to be price compared for similar value)
> >
> > I'm afraid I fail to understand this logic. When did we suddenly decide
> > that the installation procedure (something most consumers never deal
> > with anyway!) was the important factor in the value of an OS?
>
> How easy it is for their computer tech to install determines what they
> pay for their computer, right????
I assume you mean this tounge-in-cheek, yes?
> > > argument, which I contested Judge Jackson's claim that consumers were harmed by
> > > having to pay more for Windows (and thus any OS) than they should have had to.
> >
> > This aspect of the case was dealing with preinstalled copies of Windows.
> > I agree that the Linux installation programs are not as easy as the
> > Windows ones. But the vast majority of users have never installed any
> > operating system themselves, and would also have difficulty with that of
> > Windows.
>
> One of the things most people have to do at least once themselves is
> RE-install windows. With linux users, how many times do people recompile
> their kernel?
For purposes of general use, never. On current distributions there's no
need to.
Martin
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