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There Is Only One Reason Left Why Windows Exists
May 15, 2007, 01 :30 UTC (15 Talkback[s]) (14149 reads)

(Other stories by Walter V. Koenning)

[ Thanks to Mark Rais for this link. ]

"156 minutes of pain compared with 26 minutes of success. That's the difference between a Windows installation and a Linux installation. After two and a half hours fiddling with a Windows install on my Toshiba laptop, it became pretty obvious what is one major reason why Windows remains a viable operating system.

"Let me start by sharing a simple premise. I wanted a dual boot laptop, with Windows and Linux. Since Windows has an 'attitude problem' it has to be on the primary partition and master drive to work correctly. No problem. I decided to simply start with a reinstall of Windows..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I agree with everything in this article. ...   almost, but not quite perfect   
jerryc
May 15, 2007, 02:33:24
 
Same here.  I have an HP Pavilion PC, an ...   That's so true.   
CalcProgrammer1
May 15, 2007, 04:05:39
 
Sheeple.Well, two words. Sheeple and OEM ...   One Word...   
YouBeQue
May 15, 2007, 09:24:26
 
I still can't sync my linux-based pd ...   Re: almost, but not quite perfect   
Kavey
May 15, 2007, 10:36:30
 
> The only drivers I needed were ATI&#39 ...   Re: That's so true.   
philc
May 15, 2007, 12:24:54
 
I agree with everything Kavey posted, bu ...   RE:Almost but not quite perfect   
jerryc
May 15, 2007, 12:56:09
 
That last time I installed XP Pro retail ...   Then there's the case of 480 minutes!   
GreyGeek
May 15, 2007, 13:02:00
 
I have no idea what you're talking a ...   ATI and 3D   
damaged justice
May 15, 2007, 13:15:15
 
Yesterday evening I watched an installat ...   Similar situation with a powerful desktop.   
M. Miyojim
May 15, 2007, 15:33:51
 
The radeon X.org driver is open-source.  ...   Re: ATI and 3D   
Jude Nelson
May 15, 2007, 17:51:34
 
Ended up using a KNOPPIX boot disk to te ...   Similar situation...   
Wonderbird
May 15, 2007, 18:26:48
 
...Tonight he will try to install Window ...   Re: Similar situation with a powerful desktop.   
GreyGeek
May 15, 2007, 19:03:14
 
 Let me recommend that instead of using  ...   Re: Re: Similar situation with a powerful desktop.   
M. Miyojim
May 16, 2007, 00:59:02
 
> The radeon X.org driver is open-source ...   Re: Re: ATI and 3D   
Rainer Weikusat
May 16, 2007, 07:45:11
 
From my experience, the way to get Windo ...   you should have installed VMware Server   
A.Lizard
May 24, 2007, 19:40:27
 
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