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Is Linux or Windows Easier To Install?
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."
Talk about a BIASED article..this guy could have probably cut the number of annoying windows and reboots in HALF if he hadn't used that stupid "System Restore" CD. Is there one technical person left on this earth that doesn't know better than to load/use all the absolute CRAP that comes with an OEM install? Dude..try using a vanilla Win2K CD, and maybe you'll reach believability.
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.....
Considering that it had it's 21st birthday today, it probably won't be easy until later tonight.