Re: I've thought better of Linux

Ingvar <ingvar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Greg Menke <gregm-xyzpdq@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> [ SNIP ]
> > > Most people buy their HW preconfigured with an OS. Granted, you could
> > > win doing that with Linux. Shifting over to a new OS, yes, people chase
> > > around drivers. The question is whether it's relatively easy to add new
> > > drivers. I find that as long as HW is "sufficiently modern," on Windows
> > > it's pretty easy. But, if the HW is old, then nobody is interested in
> > > supporting it and you have problems.
> >
> > Sure Windows is easiest because you don't actually have to <think> about
> > the problem. Works great as long as the problem is simple. The funny
> > thing about most Windows people is when they're faced with difficult
> > config problems, they just start reinstalling the OS and ordering new
> > hardware at the same time they proclaim that Windows "Just Works".
> >
> > I don't think I have every yet seen a fresh Windows install have all the
> > drivers necessary to come up first try (not counting the 3 or 4
> > reboots).
>
> I think I didn't need to do any reboots (other than what might've been
> required by the install process) last time I instaleld Xp on my
> gamesbox (I was a bit happy when I managed to convince it to get back
> to a bootable state Monday, asves me tracking down some stuff on
> there, for playing with lisp development in a Windows environment).
>

Just yesterday I set up a Toshiba laptop w/ XP preinstall, had to
intersperse 3 or so reboots between various mysterious downloads before
the antivirus/anitspyware software would quit nagging. And then
sometimes XP wants to reboot when the IP config changes and sometimes it
doesn't. And then while uninstalling the shovelware, I had to reboot a
few more times.

Gregm


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