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To: Tree of Liberty

Untold millions of people worldwide have got the hang of Linux. Perhaps MS has turned you into a spoiled brat?

97 posted on 09/08/2006 7:45:09 PM PDT by TechJunkYard (jail Cynthia McKinney for assault anyway)

To: TechJunkYard; Tree of Liberty

>> Telling someone to compile the source, then edit some conf file isn't going to cut it.

> Untold millions of people worldwide have got the hang of Linux. Perhaps MS has turned you into a spoiled brat?

While I much prefer Linux over Windows, Tree of Liberty has a good point. Most people are happy to use "install wizards" and "setup wizards" and "config wizards" and what-not. Linux is working on it, but only Linspire is close.

I personally only compile from sources these days if I have to make changes -- otherwise I'm just as happy getting a precompiled binary and seeing if it'll run as-is. Which is most of the time.

ToL: have you looked at Linspire? I haven't used it myself (I'm a RedHat/Fedora fan), but Linspire is reputedly as friendly as Windows in most respects.

98 posted on 09/08/2006 7:53:51 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)

To: TechJunkYard

Don't be a jerk. Perhaps I've got other things to do with my time. You like playing in a text editor all day long, bully for you. I don't.

120 posted on 09/09/2006 1:23:50 PM PDT by Tree of Liberty (requiescat in pace, President Reagan)

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