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Is Linux or Windows Easier To Install?

Posted by timothy on from the click-click-click dept.

Mark Cappel writes: "Joe Barr, a LinuxWorld.com columnist, compares Linux and Windows installations. He expected Windows to be faster and easier since Microsoft has been at it for 21 years. (DOS 1.0 was released 21 years ago today.) It turns out Red Hat is quicker and less manually intensive."

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  1. Linux! by TheKubrix · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Linux wins hand down, regardless of distro (unles your completly new and confused), I say this mainly because first you have to install windows 95, then windows 98, then windows 98 SE, then locate all or most of your drivers and patch that beast up, whereas linux for the most part is kept up to date with its distros and does all this for you. And getting you windoze box on the net won't be easy either as the default browser is IE 3, now how in the hell are you gunna upgrade that POS when even microsoft doesn't support IE 3 for its website, much less other sites where you need the drivers! ....so mainly because of versions, drivers, and patches, windoze is far more complex and a pain.....

  2. 21 Years Old, hah! by WilliamsDA · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Considering that it had it's 21st birthday today, it probably won't be easy until later tonight.