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This is a big reason why Windoze remains popular. You still need to be a geek to use linux.


Okay, I confess. I recently (two days ago) installed MS Windows XP onto a machine here for the first time. Man, has MS learned nothing at all since Win98SE??

At least it didn't barf about the CD-ROM after reboot like WIn98SE, but it could not find drivers for the video, network card, or sound system. And forget about some of the stranger hardware around here! This was on a basic Intel brand motherboard with a mainstream P4-2.4GHz S478 CPU.

And without a working network connection (no ethernet driver), how the heck was I supposed to go out and download drivers???

Linux (FedoraCore2, in this instance) on the same hardware installed more smoothly, had built-in drivers for EVERYTHING, and just plain worked.

'nuff said.

Most people seem to think Linux is harder to install, but yet most people I know have NEVER tried to install MS Windows.. yuck!

Cheers


Edited by mlord (08/01/2005 14:17)