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:NewsForge: Linux Desktop Viability Myths Exploded
NewsForge: Linux Desktop Viability Myths Exploded
Aug 8, 2004, 01 :00 UTC (33 Talkback[s]) (8309 reads)
(Other stories by Kevin Mills)

"Myth #1: Linux is harder than Windows

"The argument goes basically, 'I tried to install Linux and . Therefore Linux is hard and not ready.'

  • "My modem was not detected
  • "Wi-Fi networking was not configured
  • "There was no hardware acceleration with the generic onboard $9 video chipset
  • "I could not understand how to partition a drive..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
You've got to be kidding. No working ...   Sigh - Yet another Windows bites article   
Same old, same old
Aug 8, 2004, 01:29:37  
Article contains an amazing amount of se ...   Bull   
Vadim
Aug 8, 2004, 01:38:38  
I'm sorry, but you're hopelessly ...   Re: Sigh - Yet another Windows bites article   
Philip Stephens
Aug 8, 2004, 01:59:12  
> Myth #1 is not a myth - Linux IS harde ...   Re: Sigh - Yet another Windows bites article   
Justin Sinclair
Aug 8, 2004, 02:44:48  
Without reading the article, this commen ...   "easy" installs   
scott_R
Aug 8, 2004, 04:40:04  
> Why does every Windows zealot have t ...   Re: Re: Sigh - Yet another Windows bites article   
wsd
Aug 8, 2004, 05:09:30  
> > Myth #1 is not a myth - Linux IS har ...   Re: Re: Sigh - Yet another Windows bites article   
Peteris Krisjanis
Aug 8, 2004, 05:43:25  
1st myth goes like: people really know w ...   the real myths...   
daniel
Aug 8, 2004, 07:06:36  
...I wonder... are you an astroturfer or ...   Well...   
Stuart Moore
Aug 8, 2004, 09:07:40  
Are you sure you read the article? Agai ...   Re: Bull   
Stan
Aug 8, 2004, 10:38:28  
> Article contains an amazing amount of ...   Re: Bull   
Jimmy the Geek
Aug 8, 2004, 11:05:07  
Mandrake-Linux.Right from the time I exp ...   I think nobody's yet tried.....   
Khan Md Ashraf
Aug 8, 2004, 12:01:44  
"Brand new PC from a major manufacturer" ...   Re: Bull   
Richard June
Aug 8, 2004, 13:15:18  
but. linux already is easy to installfed ...   Re: Sigh - Yet another Windows bites article   
michel
Aug 8, 2004, 14:08:04  
>I wonder about that myself often. I can ...   Re: Re: Re: Sigh - Yet another Windows bites artic   
michel
Aug 8, 2004, 14:26:55  
I've installed linux (Mepis, PCLinux ...   Some linux problems are substantial   
altkey
Aug 8, 2004, 15:10:03  
It was RH9.0. The Linux is not supported ...   Re: Re: Bull   
vadim
Aug 8, 2004, 17:52:54  
To Jimmy geek wannabe:> Again, this is u ...   Re: Re: Bull   
vadim
Aug 8, 2004, 18:04:54  
> ...I wonder... are you an astroturfer ...   Re: Well...   
vadim
Aug 8, 2004, 18:08:48  
> Myth #1 is not a myth - Linux IS harde ...   Re: Sigh - Yet another Windows bites article   
wb
Aug 8, 2004, 18:51:59  
>Myth #1 is not a myth - Linux IS harder ...   run it dont install it   
raptor
Aug 8, 2004, 18:56:34  
One thing that Linux dosen't have th ...   One point....   
Cynic
Aug 8, 2004, 20:11:07  
It's a good thing you missed the ent ...   Re: Sigh - Yet another Windows bites article   
Steve
Aug 8, 2004, 22:26:29  
Can you quote from the article the secti ...   Re: Bull   
Steve
Aug 8, 2004, 22:33:10  
When purchasing the latest hardware, wit ...   latest hardware   
Robert M. Stockmann
Aug 8, 2004, 23:32:31  
Try doing the same thing 5 years from no ...   Re: Re: Sigh - Yet another Windows bites article   
Hilare
Aug 9, 2004, 03:24:06  
I'm a daily and nightly user of the ...   Left behind   
esb
Aug 9, 2004, 07:28:59  
Steve: > Can you quote from the article ...   Re: Re: Bull   
vadim
Aug 9, 2004, 23:44:38  
> Unfortunately for him, i recently inst ...   Re: Re: Re: Sigh - Yet another Windows bites artic   
Rainer Weikusat
Aug 10, 2004, 02:18:31  
> My modem was not detected.Oh well, the ...   My thoughts   
NeoSadist
Aug 10, 2004, 05:55:01  
> Myth #1: Linux is harder than Windows> ...   Re: Re: Re: Bull   
Steve
Aug 10, 2004, 17:32:47  
I have used various linux distros over t ...   Something no one EVER says...   
Matt
Aug 29, 2004, 06:55:49  
That's a very interesting attitude s ...   Re: Re: Re: Bull   
Jeffrey Rollin
Jan 5, 2005, 12:38:57  
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