I have loaded Linux a few times. Running off a disk is really cool. I could go online without a problem and use Open Office.
I could not figure out how to do anything else. Why does Linux make “unpacking” compressed files so hard? I never did get to play Scourge 3-D with Linux... the Windows version is kind of buggy.
Why does Linux make “unpacking” compressed files so hard?
Hard? What is hard about double clicking, or simply typing unrar, unzip, tar or whatever in a terminal? I am stupefied at the things people find difficult. Don't buy a new phone, or DVD player or such, because they will be "hard" too. Perhaps impossibly so.
I must be weird. When I need to do something I have never done before I simply read some instructions and then do it. It is only hard if no instructions are available, and that is hardly true for such basic tools as tar, unzip, unrar, etc.
Me too, and like I said it makes a great rescue disk. I used Linux as my desktop about ten years ago, but reluctantly went back to Windows. Every year or so I try a few distributions, get disappointed and stay with Windows. This past year, one of the "spins" had a virus and tried to steal my email account.