Subject: Re: Speaking of Guides...
From: Andrew (sharpa@softhome.net)
Date: Wed Mar 08 2000 - 19:59:56 MST
> Windows may suck, but a non-geek can install and
> configure it.
I'd just like to comment on that remark..... I performed an install of
Win98 on my K-6 box a couple months ago for the first time. let me just
say that it was the wierdest install i have ever done. Why exactly does
the installer have to reboot every 2 mins? The first four times it
restarted itself i thought it bombed and started the whole thing over
again. So i got it installed.. then i wanted to configure my networking.
Go to the control panels or whatever they're called and enter my IP address
etc and it decides it wants to restart again! Why the crap do i have to
restart every time i change my ip address! I restarted and windows decided
it didn't like my NIC so i had to fool around installing drivers. I
downloaded serveral sets of drivers from the manufacturer of the card and
windows didn't like any of them. The cards work fine in linux and freebsd.
It was the hardest install i've ever done and i still can't get online from
windows. I say this having done several installs of YellowDog, linuxppc,
NetBSD on powerpc and 68K, FreeBSD on k-6, MacOS, and BEOS on x86. Saying
a non-geek can install and configure it strikes me as somewhat silly. Sorry
for my rant.
The only reason people think windows is easier to install and configure
that is that you can click on a checkbox or select an item in a dropdown
menu. I'll take /etc any day over the windows control panels.
> I think it's not only a good idea, but a necessary one if Linux
> is every to be a serious OS competitor to average (non-geek)
> users.
In conclusion, I agree. hehe.
Andrew Sharp
PS. the only reason i installed windows was because of a certain piece of
hardware, a PIC programmer to be exact, for which drivers are only
available for Windows. Please forgive me.
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