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Windows is !easy, Linux is !hard
Dec 2, 2007, 09 :00 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (11531 reads)

"This is a rant. If you are easily offended then don't read this. I repeat. Don't read this. I am going to be ranting about how fan boyz and girlz go on and on and on about how easy it is to install programs in windows and how hard it is to install programs in Linux.

"Many times it is their biggest argument about the superiority of windows. Programs are easy to install. You don't have to CMMI (Configure,Make,Make Install), you don't have to use the command line. All you have to do is click next and the program is installed.

"Bull! I just recently installed MSDE and its associated web data admin on a freshly installed, fully updated windows XP. It was a pain..."

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My wife runs MS Windows XP Media Center  ...   Window's is "Easy"   
Mike Rose
Dec 2, 2007, 10:55:09
 
Linux distros now make installation of s ...   Linux IS Easy!   
Bilbo Baggins
Dec 2, 2007, 12:27:55
 
> Linux distros now make installation of ...   Re: Linux IS Easy!   
Bob_Robertson
Dec 2, 2007, 15:35:04
 
> Linux distros now make installation of ...   Re: Linux IS Easy!   
Kavey
Dec 2, 2007, 16:00:13
 
- and as for VISTA who gives a s--t.I kn ...   Re: Linux IS Easy!   
GreyGeek
Dec 2, 2007, 17:22:00
 
Check this Link out; Beside offending th ...   You should have check XAMPP out   
XXX
Dec 2, 2007, 19:57:39
 
With most linux distro's you have a  ...   The same, yet different.   
Matt_the_knife
Dec 3, 2007, 00:10:29
 
To the GreyGeekBRAVO, BRAVO, and BRAVOwe ...   Linux IS Easy!   
John DeHart
Dec 3, 2007, 00:39:34
 
"Unfortunately there's basically one ...   Re: Re: Linux IS Easy!   
Bernard Swiss
Dec 3, 2007, 01:36:16
 
"Power Users are usually the ones who he ...   Re: Re: Linux IS Easy!   
Rick Spencer
Dec 3, 2007, 02:41:15
 
Still, most windows programs are easy to ...   Still, most windows programs are easy   
Jarek Luberek
Dec 3, 2007, 05:22:29
 
Last night I was getting a Windows PC re ...   Don't Forget Windows Update   
hike
Dec 3, 2007, 13:37:36
 
This story has been done several times b ...   It's been done   
Mooreted
Dec 3, 2007, 16:47:00
 
Kablamm! A PowerUser! This conjures up a ...   Now I Understand   
Jimmy Olsen
Dec 4, 2007, 03:41:28
 
Here's some areas where Linux falls  ...   Linux is not easy for...   
Gene Anthony
Dec 8, 2007, 15:47:48
 
> With most linux distro's you have  ...   Re: The same, yet different.   
Gene Anthony
Dec 8, 2007, 16:53:17
 
I run Ubuntu 7.10 and it has synaptic pa ...   Linux is easy!!!!!   
steele age12
Dec 23, 2007, 05:20:38
 
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