:OSNews: Installing Software: A GNU/Linux VS. MS Windows Comparison
OSNews: Installing Software: A GNU/Linux VS. MS Windows Comparison Apr 3, 2005, 05 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (6816 reads) (Other stories by Kevin Russo)
"I read a lot of reviews comparing GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows, and inevitably the topic of installing software comes up. Most reviews indicate that installing software in Windows is much easier than that of the desktop GNU/Linux world. I decided to do my own comparison based on my desktop usage to see the difference. The following are my results. Those of you that come from the Windows world may be a tad bit surprised at the ease in which software can be installed.
"The Windows box I used for this test consisted of 500 MHZ Intel P3 processor with 384 megs of RAM. The Debian box is an old AMD K6-2 366Mhz processor with 128 Megs of RAM. I have a broadband DSL connection that gets a 1.5 megabit a second download speed..."
