Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 15 Oct 1998 00:27:34 +0200 | | From | Matthias Bilger <> | | Subject | Re: Linux vs Microsoft |
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On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 08:22:40AM +0200, Carsten Pluntke wrote: > > Sure, but since the Linux installation and maintaining is not that easy,
Hm, I don't think that Linux is more difficult to maintain - just diffrent. (Of course, I'm one of those lucky guys who never had a copy of M$ Windows *g*) At least if you run a Server under NT you need to know exactly the same stuff as running it under Linux (or some un*x) - taking probably more time - instead of editing a file it#s only 1423 mouseclicks away... > those 8 million Linux users are surely more familiar with the working and > how to maintain a PC than the usual PC (l)user. Face it, most users may
Hm, but it isn't really a disadvantage to be forced to know more about your pc - if you do this once, you'll find a bug much quicker than someone who calls the operator if Windows prompts him for inserting the NT-Server CD in drive A: ! > have heard about Linux but still swear and stick to the constantly > crashing windows just because they don't know how to install it and where > to get software for Linux. Nowadays most of the distributions should be easy enough to install - the trouble is, that most users don't know their hardware - but what if the hardware detection of Windows fails? Most installation trouble could be avoided if the users were asked to write down their hardware configuration before starting to install - in fact you can't install any operating system without knowning which interrupts are used ore stuff like that even if the so-called operating system makes you think you don't need to know anything about your hardware!
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